tuning environment

[Robert Finley]

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MessageI am learning to tune aurally, although I use an ETD (Sanderson =
Accutuner III)  to check the accuracy of my tuning and to speed things =
up a bit. I find it difficult to hear the beats (particlularly the slow =
beating 4ths and 5ths) even in the quiet environment of my own home on =
my well scaled Yamaha grand piano, because they seem to be so weak. Will =
your ears eventually become more accustomed to hearing beats? I have =
been doing this for months and the beats still sound very feeble, =
although when I move my head around the piano they become slightly more =
perceptible. I can't imagine what it must be like to have to tune a =
piano in the noisy environments that you describe.=20

Robert Finley
  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: Geoff Sykes=20
  To: tune4u@earthlink.net ; 'Pianotech List'=20
  Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2006 12:51 AM
  Subject: RE: tuning environment


  I had the opportunity to tune four pianos at NAMM last year. Ever try =
to tune in a very large convention center full of pianos all being tuned =
at the same time? Complete chaos and cacophony would have been quieter. =
Especially when you find yourself working on the same note at the same =
time as one or two other techs in the same room. And you know what? It =
was a fascinating high energy learning experience and I'd gladly do it =
again.=20

  -- Geoff Sykes
  -- Assoc. Los Angeles

    -----Original Message-----
    From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] =
On Behalf Of Alan Barnard
    Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 6:47 PM
    To: Pianotech List
    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


      ----- Original Message -----=20
      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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