Listening "too much"?

[Farrell]

Yea, it's amazing what a ceiling fan can do. I have never had a problem with
a fast moving floor-type fan, as a matter of fact I carry one with me for
when I clean a grand interior (so I don't drip sweat into the clean piano!).
I often will leave it on when I tune after cleaning (I'm never too cold) and
no problems. The ceiling fans though! It's funny when I am tuning a cheep
little spinet or console (or most any cheep piano), when I get into the 7th
octave my head starts wandering in all directions looking for that ceiling
fan that is making the piano sound SO BAD. Only trouble is, most of the time
there is no fan to blame! But big time, ceiling fans mess you up, even on
the slowest speed.

Terry Farrell
Piano Tuning & Service
Tampa, Florida
mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Charly Tuner" <charly_tuner@hotmail.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 01, 2000 7:15 PM
Subject: Re: Listening "too much"?


> Bull's eye! Yes, as a matter of fact, I DID have..not only a ceiling fan
on,
> directly ABOVE the piano, but also TWO floor fans running at the time.
Never
> even considered that. Thanks! I thought I wa going crazy..but then
again...
>
> Terry
>
>
> >From: Billbrpt@AOL.COM
> >Reply-To: pianotech@ptg.org
> >To: pianotech@ptg.org
> >Subject: Re: Listening "too much"?
> >Date: Sat, 1 Jul 2000 17:54:59 EDT
> >
> >In a message dated 7/1/00 4:40:44 PM Central Daylight Time,
> >charly_tuner@hotmail.com (Charly Tuner) writes:
> >
> ><< Maybe it's because i didn't get much sleep last night, but for some
> >weird
> >  reason, this morning I noticed GLARING imperfections in unisons (on my
> >own
> >  piano) that were beatless the night before, and when i attempted to
> >touch
> >  them up, I found myself, seemingly, hearing all kinds of inharmonicites
> >and
> >  false beats, no matter where i tested them! Then I muted all but one
> >string
> >  and STILL heard beats in almost ALL tri/bi chords! Coils were tight,
> >strings
> >  seated fine. Then I took a nap and when i woke up I immediately went to
> >the
> >  piano and sat down and listened again...it sounded fine! Could it be
that
> >my
> >  hearing was compromised, or even "hyper" sensitive in my over-tired
> >state?
> >  Very strange indeed.
> >   >>
> >
> >Was there by any chance, a ceiling fan going nearby when you noticed this
> >weird beating?  If there was, it will cause the very effects you
describe.
> >Here, in Southern Wisconsin, it can get rather warm in the Summertime and
> >sometimes I have to make the decision about whether to turn that fan off
or
> >benefit by its cooling effects and try to disregard the tremolo effect it
> >has
> >on piano tone.  I'll bet that ceiling fans are much more common and used
> >more
> >than airconditioning where you live.
> >
> >If there was no fan, I don't have any explanation except that sometimes,
> >when
> >the body is under great stress, the senses do go a bit haywire.  All it
> >usually takes to recover is rest, hydration and nourishment.
> >
> >Regards,
> >
> >Bill Bremmer RPT
> >Madison, Wisconsin
>
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