"Quiet"??

[Dean May]

I always like artificial lighting off if possible and the ceiling fan off.
The rotating blades can do funning things to the sound introducing what
sounds like false beats. 

Just pack in your ear plugs, then room noise irritation diminishes. Since I
started using earplugs a few years ago I rarely ask people to be quiet any
more.

Dean

-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Ron Nossaman
Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2006 11:19 PM
To: joegarrett at earthlink.net; Pianotech List
Subject: Re: "Quiet"??

> I always give my clients The Piano.......book by Phillip Gurlick. It 
> usually keeps them busy reading, so they aren't up to noisy mischief.<G> 
> If that doesn't work, then I refer them to PAGE 10, Number 18....they 
> read it and usually say: Oh, I hadn't thought of that! Then they go tell 
> the yard service to take a hike or.....whatever. If that doesn't work, 
> then I have an olde 60's Mad Comics Post Card with a picture of Alfred 
> E. Newman shouting so loud that his glottis is vibrating and the 
> forceful sound lines project out of his mouth, expanding to a very large 
> QUIET!!!!!!!!<G> IF that doesn't work I either suffer in silence or walk 
> out, depending on the urgency of my pocket book and the tuning
situation.<G>

Noise almost never is considered. Do you have enough light? 
Would you like the ceiling fan on? How about a cup of coffee? 
Wired on caffeine, blinded by Kliegs, and dopplered into a 
psychotic episode, why would you possibly need to be able to hear?
Ron N