Unheard-of adventure in noise

[pjr]

Speaking of adventures-in-tuning... As I was tuning on stage of a cruise 
ship, a magician and his lovely-dressed assistant came out to rehearse 
and he proceeded to have her lay down and float in the air while he ran 
a hoola-hoop across her body back and forth.  Needless to say, I 
couldn't keep my eye on my accutuner, and I wouldn't doubt I may have 
left a unison or two  singing.

Phil Ryan
Miami Beach

Geoff Sykes wrote:
> I had a tuning this afternoon at a very large church for a three day 
> event in the main chapel. The place was huge enough that there was 
> even a sound and light booth at the back. While I'm tuning there are 
> also some workmen hanging stage lights and screens. Not a problem for 
> me. When they raise their large aluminum ladders it goes 
> clackity-clack for a couple of seconds and then I'm fine. About 
> halfway through the tuning the sound guy arrives and, without asking 
> me, he tells the workmen they have to stop what they are doing because 
> they are disturbing the piano tuner, (me?). Quite frankly I found all 
> the talking and discussion a lot more disturbing than the intermittent 
> noise they were making. I assured everyone that the noise was not 
> bothering me, which only fueled their discussion for a little while 
> longer. Since I continued to tune away I think they eventually 
> realized that they were not bothering me after all, but I don't thing 
> the sound guy liked not having his way to make it quiet for me. First 
> time I have ever had a stage tech going out of his way to make my work 
> easy. Will probably never happen again so I thought I would share it.
>  
> -- Geoff Sykes
> -- Assoc. Los Angeles

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