>Get a load of this. > >I tuned for a new client a week ago. Performed a pitch raise and tuning all >in one trip on a 30 year old Gulbransen spinet. Okay, all done, collected >the money and said "See you in 6 months." And that was that. > >It was a week later that she calls (yesterday) and says that the middle E >sounds funny. I said "how does it sound funny, in what way". She then >played the note over the phone. I couldn't distinguish if the unisons >slipped or not, but decided I'd stop by for a quick re-tune of the E unisons >if needed. > >The funny part came next when she says "And listen to this! Doesn't this >sound out of tune? It sounds awful." Nervously, I listened again over the >phone and heard a disonant minor 2nd. After hearing what she played (middle >E and middle F together), I assumed that she was only striking either the E >or the F and one of the hammers was catching the other in the action. At >this point I was thinking to myself, "how did this happen within one week?" > >After a bit more conversation it turned out to be a first, and a funny >first. She was playing both keys - E and F together and assuming that they >(a minor 2nd) would sound "in tune" or sound great to her ear. > >YYEEEEEEEEOOOOWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > >Now how do you explain this one? Perhaps Darwin was wrong.
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