<!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 6.00.2800.1458" 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>Wim,</DIV> <DIV>I couldn't believe your post.  Your piano faculty should be = very, very thankful you are tuning the pianos once a week!  I'm afraid I'm one = of the "8 week" guys but my goal is to tune them much more often than that = (however in my defense, I usually catch all the odd jobs that they can cram under = the "technical director" umbrella--and believe me it's a huge umbrella. Interestingly the Chair has told me several times to let him know when = the "odd jobs" were interfering with my piano care, but when I do, he just = ignores the comment!).  Tell your piano faculty that 1) I don't think they = deserve you and 2) to get their hearing checked or take a piano tuning course.  = They'll realize when a concert style instrument is going out of tune!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thanks for setting the standard!</DIV> <DIV> </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=Wimblees@aol.com = href="mailto:Wimblees@aol.com">Wimblees@aol.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=caut@ptg.org href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">caut@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, February 26, = 2005 4:07 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [CAUT] tuning = frequency</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 = size=2> <DIV>There is minor argument between the piano faculty and myself as = to how often their pianos should be tuned. They want to know why their pianos = need tuning once a week. (and they do need it, especially during the = winter). One of the professors claims that at another university she worked at, her = piano lasted 8 weeks. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>How often are you guys tuning the piano faculty pianos, presuming = they get played heavily about 30 hours a week?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Wim </DIV> <DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 PTSIZE="10" = FAMILY="SANSSERIF">Willem Blees, RPT<BR>Piano Technician<BR>School of Music<BR>University of Alabama</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BODY></HTML>