Thanks for sharing Mike. Watching that I was seriously thinking of a Baldwin Spinet Acrosonic that I tune once a year... Marc The Love You Take is Equal to the Love You Make... The Beatles/Abbey Road (The End)...1969 --- On Tue, 11/25/08, pianotech-request at ptg.org <pianotech-request at ptg.org> wrote: From: pianotech-request at ptg.org <pianotech-request at ptg.org> Subject: pianotech Digest, Vol 1, Issue 112 To: pianotech at ptg.org Date: Tuesday, November 25, 2008, 3:58 PM Send pianotech mailing list submissions to pianotech at ptg.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://ptg.org/mailman/listinfo/pianotech_ptg.org or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to pianotech-request at ptg.org You can reach the person managing the list at pianotech-owner at ptg.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of pianotech digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: OFF topic (Porritt, David) 2. Re: (no subject) (John Ross) 3. Off Topic: Mythbusters Exploding Piano (Mike Kurta) Thanks for this reminder, Paul. dp David M. Porritt, RPT dporritt at smu.edu From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of paulrevenkojones at aol.com Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2008 12:20 PM To: tvaktvak at sbcglobal.net; pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: [pianotech] OFF topic Unless you can see the joy in the world as it and you change and you learn to enjoy adapting to it! I'm personally having a terrific time getting older--arthritis, sciatica, eye and dental issues, male pattern everything, all that aside! The world is such a strange and wonderful place, and what a hoot to be a part of it with the obligation of creating more joy and love in it. Paul Getting older is no fun. -----Original Message----- From: Tom Sivak <tvaktvak at sbcglobal.net> To: pianotech at ptg.org Sent: Tue, 25 Nov 2008 7:50 am Subject: Re: [pianotech] OFF topic It's happening to me. I'm starting to hear things a half step sharp! Used to be, after taking out the temperament strip, I'd never look at the keys as I went up or down the keyboard chromatically, because I knew where I was. Now I find myself reaching for that Db, and then realizing that the C that I just tuned was actually a B! I used to be able to tell what keys songs on the radio were in. Now, I have to wonder...did the Beatles really play that in the key of Ab? Then I think, it's probably in G, and I'm just hearing sharp again. This is like losing your sight or not being able to walk without a cane any longer. It's jarring. It's depressing. Getting older is no fun. Tom Sivak Chicago --- On Tue, 11/25/08, Conrad Hoffsommer <hoffsoco at luther.edu> wrote: > From: Conrad Hoffsommer <hoffsoco at luther.edu> > Subject: Re: [pianotech] OFF topic > To: pianotech at ptg.org > Date: Tuesday, November 25, 2008, 11:13 AM > Gary Bruce wrote: > > Never heard of that one before. How do you know she > heard an E-flat? > > > > On Mon, November 24, 2008 7:08 pm, Leslie Bartlett > wrote: > >> I tuned today for a musician, in her 60's, > outstanding as pianist, > >> organist, composer. She said she had very good > pitch in younger years, > >> but now she hears everything a half step flat. > Playing a few notes on > >> piano, and sure enough, playing an E she heard > E-flat, and so forth. > >> > >> Anyone had experience with this king of thing? > >> les bartlett > >> > >> > > > > > > Gary Bruce, RPT > > Bruce Musical Services, Inc. > > a440 at brucemusical.com > > > > > > What was the actual pitch of the instrument? Had a > previous tuner tuned > the beastie a half step flat because the pins wouldn't > hold any higher???? > > -- > Conrad Hoffsommer, RPT - Keyboard Technician > Luther College, 700 College Dr., Decorah, Iowa 52101-1045 > 1-(563)-387-1204 // Fax 1-(563)-387-1076 Traveling over the river or through the woods this holiday season? Get the MapQuest Toolbar. Directions, Traffic, Gas Prices & More! Not only no subject, but also no message? John Ross ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Takats" <geotak at magma.ca> To: <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2008 3:58 PM Subject: [pianotech] (no subject) If you have 7 minutes and 49 seconds to spend, watch this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YiMWvl7as0 Mike Kurta, RPT _______________________________________________ pianotech mailing list pianotech at ptg.org http://ptg.org/mailman/listinfo/pianotech_ptg.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20081125/b3d43a34/attachment-0001.html>
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