[pianotech] ETD dust storm

[Terry Farrell]

Probably not for me Paul. I remember one evening I solo-sailed from  
Port Huron, Michigan for an over-night crossing of Lake Huron aiming  
at Grand Bend, Ontario, with no instruments other than a compass and  
seat-of-the-pants dead-reckoning. Ended up the next morning in  
Bayfield - well, I did hit Ontario at least!

'Course, sleeping in the cockpit with sheets and tiller tied down for  
most of the crossing didn't help much. I suppose an aural piano tuner  
shouldn't sleep while tuning.

Have you ever suddenly awakened from a dream - most often about half- 
way through the treble on a crummy spinet - right after lunch........?

Terry Farrell

On Jan 31, 2011, at 9:04 PM, PAULREVENKOJONES at aol.com wrote:

> The best technological failure analogy I can come up with is as a  
> sailor. If I'm in the middle of Lake Michigan reading my GPS, my  
> Loran (yes, I'm that old), my wind speed indicator, my wind  
> direction indicator, and my boat speedometer, calculating where I am  
> and where I'm going, and when I'm going to get there is relatively  
> easy. But, and this has happened, if my batteries die, then I had  
> better know how to do one thing: sail. Dead reckoning (from deduced)  
> is akin to aural tuning perhaps?
>
> Paul
>
> In a message dated 1/31/2011 7:40:48 P.M. Central Standard Time, pianofritz50 at aol.com 
>  writes:
> John, so why your "continual use of a calculator"?  Perhaps because  
> it's more accurate... all the time??
>
> I guess I should refrain from asking you what you do when your  
> calculator's batteries die...   me, I either install new ones or  
> grab the back-up unit and keep on calculating...  BFritz
> From:	John Formsma <formsma at gmail.com>
> To:	pianotech at ptg.org
> Subject:	Re: [pianotech] ETD dust storm
> Date:	Mon, 31 Jan 2011 18:48:06 -0600
>
> <SNIP>
> Same with adding and subtracting. When I was in school, I could add  
> and subtract a lot better on paper (and in my head) than I can now.  
> Years of continual use of a calculator eroded that ability.
>
>

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