This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment One of my favorite was a big house on the hill. The lady wanted all the windows in the room open. Just at the bottom of the hill was a free way interchange at rush hour. William PIANO BOUTIQUE William Benjamin Piano Tuner Extraordinaire www.pianoboutique.biz The tuner alone, preserves the tone. _____ From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Alan Barnard Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 9:47 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. Alan Barnard Salem, Missouri ----- Original Message ----- From: <mailto:pianotune05@comcast.net> To: Pianotech List <mailto:pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: 02/03/2006 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/f1/25/f3/72/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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