---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Marshall, When the environment gets too noisy, I just put in my ear plugs (20dB musician's plugs) and pound a little harder. Worst environment? 9' yamaha at the arena, for a travelling revival meeting. Gospel group waiting to rehearse, lead singer looking over my shoulder while strumming his guitar...... Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Pianotech List Sent: 2/3/2006 6:37:02 PM 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.?:) Marshall ps. It was a great tuning all around however, plus they offered me lunch! Awesome chili and corn bread. -------------- Original message -------------- From: Susan Kline <skline@peak.org> > At 03:57 PM 2/3/2006 -0800, Horace wrote: > >Actually that has been done a number of times. When I was more active in > >institutional work, I used to do it for demonstration purposes...it does > >get folks' attention. > > I'm sure it does! > > >Also, I know specifically of one major contemporary venue in which this > >was done to the primary concert instrument...no, the technician who did it > >is no longer employed there. > > Ready for a different sort of institution, I would guess ... well, there is > more than one way to tell an employer to "take this job and shove it." > > sssssssssnn > > > _______________________________________________ >! ; Pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/e0/4b/4d/bc/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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