Jurgen, I had the same thought back when I was first doing floor tunings. I bought a contact mic which I fastened to the soundboard with some kind of adhesive putty and connected it to amplified headphones. It turned out to be a bad idea because the soundboard itself acted as a microphone and picked up all the room noise I was trying to screen out, so I gave up on it. Maybe if the mic could be attached to the plate or something less affected by ambient noise. Tom Cole Jurgen Goering wrote: > > I met a german tech who spent one night tuning about 10 pianos for the > opening of the Frankfurt Musikmesse. Same scenario. He is an aural > tuner, and a bright one. He had a little contact microphone which he > placed on the soundboard, then ran it through a tiny amp the size of > an iPod, and to earphones from there. It allowed him to tune aurally > in an environment where an ETD is usually a must. > I was thinking of bringing these units onto the market, but up to now > it has just remained one of many projects on the back burner... > > > Jurgen Goering > Piano Forte Supply > (250) 754-2440 > info at pianofortesupply.com > http://www.pianofortesupply.com > > > On Jan 15, 2007, at 16:20, pianotech-request at ptg.org wrote: > > > Well, I thought I would include another short sound clip from a > tough tuning location. > > NAMM show is this week! > > Don Mannino<NAMM Begins.mp3> > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20070115/82f54854/attachment.html
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