[pianotech] Simon & Garfunkel piano

[David Ilvedson]

I was just wondering if Jim forgot to tune or just to tune to A442?

David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, CA  94044

----- Original message ----------------------------------------
From: "Ron Nossaman" <rnossaman at cox.net>
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Received: 6/28/2009 7:56:17 PM
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Simon & Garfunkel piano


>Jim Busby wrote:
>> Ed,
>> 
>> Been there too. You're right. Here's the "other side": I
>> was asked to tune for a major orchestra, A442. I forgot! I
>> about died the next day, just knowing I'd get a call. I
>> did. "Jim we just wanted to thank you for the wonderful
>> tuning!" "Oh, did everything go well then?" "Yes, just
>> fine...". I just ended saying "I'm glad". Sometimes you
>> win, sometimes you lose. Or, reverse that.

>Tuning by rumor! There it is! Hot damn! Proof of concept. I 
>*knew* it would work. I hope you didn't discount the tuning on 
>account of how smoothly and unobtrusively the whole thing went...

>Life is a Fellini movie, miscast (if that's not redundant). It 
>gets harder to answer the phone every day.

>Claude Rains piano service, Henry Mencken scheduling,
>Ron N