[pianotech] DIY tuning

[CHARLES BECKER]

Mr. Gurby rules.. I am still laughing.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Ilvedson" <ilvey at sbcglobal.net>
To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, July 20, 2009 12:03 PM
Subject: Re: [pianotech] DIY tuning


> Or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNGBupkatjw&feature=related
>
> David Ilvedson, RPT
> Pacifica, CA  94044
>
> ----- Original message ----------------------------------------
> From: "Court Stewart" <calexste at gmail.com>
> To: pianotech at ptg.org
> Received: 7/20/2009 7:46:04 AM
> Subject: Re: [pianotech] DIY tuning
>
>
>>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!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> dp
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> David M. Porritt, RPT
>>>
>>> dporritt at smu.edu
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *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
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Going to tune a spinet tomorrow.
>>>
>>> Customer says it has "one wire broken, A below middle C..."
>>>
>>> Chatted a bit more, then she says "I tried to tune it myself."
>>>
>>> Me: "Is that how the string broke?"
>>>
>>> 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!)
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> Paul Bruesch
>>> Stillwater, MN
>>>
>