True, true! It helps my dubious extant sanity to know that the vast majority of my customers will be quite satisfied with several skill levels below what I'm capable of. Not that I intentionally do shoddy work, but to OCD on certain things will drive a person to (further) lunacy. For instance, when the HVAC begins to blow on the piano during the tuning, I can't let myself obsess over fine details ... particularly when those details are changing in the process. One thing I've noticed about piano techs: it takes a certain amount of pre-existing nuttiness to even begin this trade. Keeping that within reasonable levels as we succeed in the business is the perpetual challenge. An Admittedly Obsessive Nut, -- JF On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 8:33 AM, Porritt, David <dporritt at mail.smu.edu>wrote: > Whilst we have been getting so very precise about our fork at 440, at a > consistent temperature let’s remember that the piano will vary depending on > the temperature and relative humidity that will vary each day. While the A > might be at exactly 440.000000000 when you pack up your tools, it will be > something slightly different when you open the door to leave. While we as > professionals have (probably necessary) obsessive/compulsive disorder we can > cross the fine line of insanity pretty easily. Remember the beckets! > > > > dp > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20091229/ef152313/attachment-0001.htm>
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