---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment On 13-feb-05, at 1:57, Cy Shuster wrote: > I love tuning for people here in southern West Virginia.=A0 They're=20 > down-to-earth, and a lot more sophisticated than you might expect.=A0=20= > Very much into music: churches with a dozen instruments in the=20 > sanctuary (guitars, drums, keyboards). > =A0 > However, I've found different ways of expressing concepts, especially=20= > since there's so much familiarity with guitars.=A0 For example, = instead=20 > of "100 cents flat", I just say "It's a fret low".=A0 Instead of "a=20 > piano has between 220 and 250 strings", I say "tuning a piano is like=20= > tuning 40 guitars".=A0 That one even got my attention!=A0 Since=A0I = always=20 > make at least two passes, one tuning's the equivalent of 80 guitars --=20= > 120 with a pitch raise!=A0 To describe a pitch raise, I give the = example=20 > of moving a house to a new foundation.=A0 If one corner was way low = and=20 > you jacked it up, something else would get thrown out as a result, so=20= > you'd have to go around once to get it close before trying to make the=20= > floors really level. > =A0 > Instead of "tuning pins pressed into a laminated pinblock", I say=20 > "they're nailed into holes drilled into butcher block", or I use the=20= > example of violin pegs with a friction fit instead of guitar tuners=20 > with gears.=A0 "Delamination" is "like kitchen chairs coming unglued = in=20 > wintertime".=A0 I often take off the bottom cabinet panel on uprights=20= > and point out the similarities to a guitar: strings terminating at the=20= > rim, running over a bridge. > =A0 > What I like the best is still to check out a piano, and when they ask=20= > me how bad it is, saying simply "It's a fret low". > =A0 > --Cy Shuster-- > Bluefield, West By God Virginia > =A0 > =A0 > Very nice post Cy! great! (; friendly greetings from Andr=E9 Oorebeek www.concertpianoservice.nl "Where music is no harm can be" ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 2694 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/d8/16/8d/1a/attachment.bin ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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