Ninny, Good to hear you on the list and hope you are enjoying it. Blind Willy PIANO BOUTIQUE William Benjamin Piano Tuner Extraordinaire www.pianoboutique.biz The tuner alone, preserves the tone. -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Vinny Samarco Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2006 4:39 PM To: Pianotech List Subject: Re: tuning environment my most crazy tuning was in a nursing home. I was in this room alone with this senile lady yelling at the top of her voice, "stop! stop tell him to stop. Stop the noise". Being blind, and having left my cane in my car, and my wife having gone shoping, there was absolutely nothing I could do about this. I couldn't refuse to work, or put it off, because I had another job after that! There were no other caregivers, or nurses anywhere. But I just kept going and Tuned it out. Vinny out" ----- Original Message ----- From: <pianotune05@comcast.net> To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 5:37 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 _______________________________________________ Pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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