Yes, I have also experienced that when I had the flu or a sinus condition. Certain frequencies would pulse in my ear. Very difficult to tune under those conditions. Sometimes even someone speaking at a certain frequency. Great to have the ET handy when that happens. Al Guecia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joey Recker" <joey at onkeypiano.com> To: "'Pianotech List'" <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 5:16 PM Subject: F# versus the Flu > Today I tuned a Baldwin Concert Grand (signed by Liberace!). Concert Prep > tuning for the Atlanta Pops. I've been suffering from the flu all week and > this is my first day out tuning again. As I was doing the temperament > octave the F#3 seemed to have some false beats. I worked through it and > continued. Then the next F# had the same thing. And the next, and the > next. EVERY F# on the piano seemed to have a "waver" that wouldn't go away. > I got out my ETD and checked myself and did a 2nd pass on the entire piano. > The ETD helped me assure myself that the piano as a whole was in good tune > and I completed the job. > > > > Is there a possibility that whatever is going on with my sinuses as a result > of the flu could affect my perception of certain notes? I did also have a > bit of trouble on B naturals. > > > > I'm going back tonight after the concert to check the piano again (there is > another performance tomorrow morning). Is there anything I can do between > now and then to "clear my head?!?" > > > > Never experienced anything like this before but I can't think of any other > reason why this would occur. Any thoughts? > > Joey Recker > Plains, GA > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20080218/7ed996cd/attachment.html
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