[pianotech] DIY tuning

[Court Stewart]

Reminds me of this guy:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjZIwxrY3Ss


Court Stewart
Roanoke Chapter

On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 10:28 AM, Porritt, David <dporritt at mail.smu.edu>wrote:

>  Not too often, but you do get the occasional do-it-yourselfer who thinks
> it looks easy.  The one I enjoyed the most was a lady who said her husband
> claimed to have a good ear so he bought the tools.  He spent 8 hours one
> Saturday and never could set a temperament.  At the end of the day he told
> his wife to call the ---- tuner.  She seemed to be amused by it!
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> dp
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> David M. Porritt, RPT
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> dporritt at smu.edu
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> *From:* pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] *On
> Behalf Of *paul bruesch
> *Sent:* Monday, July 20, 2009 9:16 AM
> *To:* Pianotech List
> *Subject:* [pianotech] DIY tuning
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> Going to tune a spinet tomorrow.
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> Customer says it has "one wire broken, A below middle C..."
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> Chatted a bit more, then she says "I tried to tune it myself."
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> Me: "Is that how the string broke?"
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> Her: "Yes. It didn't look that hard, but I guess it is. I got the tool from
> my son." (Well good, I was imagining her using a 6" Crescent!)
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> So I'm curious... how often has anyone come across this? It's a first for
> me in my not-so-many years of tuning.
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> Paul Bruesch
> Stillwater, MN
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