treble phenomenon

[Elian Degen]

Mike,

I made a policy about that, I always notify the customer in a very polite
way beforehand that tuning requires to be as quiet as possible and if he
doesn´t succeed to provide a quiet time for the tuning that means I need
more time to compleete it and it will cost him more

Elian Degen

Piano Tuner and Tech, Caracas, Venezuela

-----Mensaje original-----
De: Mike Musial <mmusial@acsworld.net>
Para: pianotech@ptg.org <pianotech@ptg.org>
Fecha: Jueves 11 de Junio de 1998 14:12
Asunto: treble phenomenon


>>Why is it that while tuning a piano ,all is calm & quite untill you start
>>tuning the treble section? Then vaccums start ,dishes are being washed,
>>dogs start to howl, washers & dryers are started & kids start scrapping.
>>Its hard enough to hear in this section when its quite. Does anyone else
>>have this problem, or am I the only lucky one this happens to.
>>I don't want to get real fussy with my customers & lose their business.I
>>would appreciate any ideas that some of you out there have& how do you
>>handle these kind of situations.
>
>This could be a good example of Chaos Theory. Like the flap of a
butterfly's
>wings in Brazil setting off a tornado in Texas, the mere act of moving into
>the undamped section of a piano in the course of tuning can set off any
>number of actions. The neighbor next door decides NOW is a good time to cut
>the grass. Nearby construction workers begin cutting many lengths of wood
>with a power saw. The kid down the block decides to see if his new
>bass-kicker car stereo can shatter any nearby windows. Most of the time
this
>phenomenon puts a smile on my face because it seems to happen so
frequently.
>Todays occurrence at a church  was not so bad. I was pondering why the
>treble sounded so odd when I realized that someone picked that moment to
>turn on the ceiling fans.  This was not such a difficult situation to
rectify.
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>Mike Musial RPT
>Reedsville Pa
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