<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2604" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; = FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 bgColor=#ffffff leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 = rightMargin=7> <DIV>I have pianos that sit under a ceiling fan.  Many years ago, = after attempting to tune maybe two notes on one of them during the summer, I = realized it was creating some form of interference "wave" and turned the the = darn thing off.   Since then, I've had to do that perhaps once or = twice a year (though the interference pales in comparison to the siren-like = screeches emitted by cockatoos and the like...my ears are still numb from one a = few days ago.  It was like having an ice pick jammed into my ears....)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Jeff</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=edoss@utm.edu href="mailto:edoss@utm.edu">Elwood Doss, = Jr.</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=caut@ptg.org href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">College and University Technicians</A> = </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, March 14, 2005 = 4:47 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [CAUT] Wah Wah significance</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>I once had a piano teacher who heard a "wah wah" in freshly tuned = unisons that were dead on.  When I turned her ceiling fan off the "wah = wah" disappeared!</DIV> <DIV>Joy!</DIV> <DIV>Elwood</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Elwood Doss, Jr., RPT<BR>Piano Technician/Technical Director<BR>Department of Music<BR>145 Fine Arts = Building<BR>University of Tennessee at Martin<BR>Martin, TN  38238<BR>731-881-1852</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=jlolson@cal.net href="mailto:jlolson@cal.net">Jeff = Olson</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=caut@ptg.org href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">College and University Technicians</A> = </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, March 14, 2005 = 6:43 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [CAUT] Wah Wah significance</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Wim:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>"As long as I hear a wah wah, I know my piano is in = tune."</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>That's awfully reassuring.  My customers sometimes make = "wah wah" noises after I finish tuning their pianos, and to this point I = wondered if it signified some form of complaint.  But now I know it's = merely an emotional expression inspired by the piano being in tune.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thanks!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Jeff</DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>