tuning environment

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Well I plan on sticking around for a long while. ;)  I'm anxious to see =
what I'll run into. Someon aught to write about this in the journal, or =
if they have, then I guess I spoke too late.  I don' t think I've ever =
had a quiet place to tune for practice or pay.  I had one, but the day =
care in the next room, a church day care, added some noise and that was =
the end of that.  It's good practice I think. =20
Marshall
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  From: Alan Barnard=20
  To: Pianotech List=20
  Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 9:47 PM
  Subject: RE: tuning environment


  Stick around awhile and you'll experience some tuning environments =
that'll make noisy nursing homes seem like a nap on the beach.

  Lawn mowers, vacuums, screeching 2-year-olds, clocks!!!, loud air =
conditioners and furnaces, televisions, and (at Fort Leonard Wood) the =
not-so-distant sound of small arms, tank shells, and the engineers =
blowing up stuff ... kabooM! ... the fun just keeps on coming.

  One that was a challenge: Junior high school tuning Hamilton on stage =
in gym/auditorium with concrete floor and cinder block walls, boys =
basketball team shows up and they each grab a ball and start bouncing, =
shooting, shouting, laughing and the SHOES ... sqeak squirk eek scree. I =
couldn't complain because I'd gotten held up and was an hour late when I =
started.

  And the number one most obnoxious sound? Someone else tuning another =
piano in the background.=20

  Alan Barnard
  Salem, Missouri


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    From:=20
    To: Pianotech List
    Sent: 02/03/2006 6:37:02 PM=20
    Subject: tuning environment



    Hi Everyone,
    I know it's not a technical question per sae, but I like hearing =
about other technician's experiences.  What has been yoru worst tuning =
environment?  Today I tuned a piano at a nursing home, an Acrosonic.  =
The people were great, but it always throws me off when someone comesup =
and asks me a question such as, "Have you found that lost chord yet." I =
was making sure my thirds matched up evenly.  It was great, and I =
scheduled them for their next tuning already plus one of the employees =
there scheduled me to tune her piano in two weeks.  It was a great =
experience, but it's hard to tune with lots of background activity.  =
What do you guys do in that situation, besides make the best of it.?:) =20
    Marshall
    ps. It was a great tuning all around however, plus they offered me =
lunch!  Awesome chili and corn bread. =20
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      From: Susan Kline <skline@peak.org>=20

      > At 03:57 PM 2/3/2006 -0800, Horace wrote:=20
      > >Actually that has been done a number of times. When I was more =
active in=20
      > >institutional work, I used to do it for demonstration =
purposes...it does=20
      > >get folks' attention.=20
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      > I'm sure it does!=20
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      > >Also, I know specifically of one major contemporary venue in =
which this=20
      > >was done to the primary concert instrument...no, the technician =
who did it=20
      > >is no longer employed there.=20
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      > Ready for a different sort of institution, I would guess ... =
well, there is=20
      > more than one way to tell an employer to "take this job and =
shove it."=20
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