<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" xmlns:o = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:st1 = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content=Word.Document name=ProgId> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2722" name=GENERATOR> <META content="Microsoft Word 11" name=Originator><LINK href="cid:filelist.xml@01C59E6A.F02F4980" = rel=File-List><o:SmartTagType name="PlaceType" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagT= ype><o:SmartTagType name="PlaceName" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagT= ype><o:SmartTagType name="place" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagT= ype> <STYLE>  </STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY lang=EN-US style="tab-interval: .5in" vLink=purple = link=blue bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Think earplugs.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>ASPT, it will get you started, it = started me.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>However, it is apparently, a course that = is not the best. The course however, might have been updated, and corrected.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>I learned the proper way to do things, = by joining the PTG, and attending conventions.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>This is a job, where you are always learning.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>It is hard to unlearn, improper teachings.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A></DIV>= <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=jodel@kairos.net href="mailto:jodel@kairos.net">John = Delmore</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, August 11, 2005 = 1:50 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> newbie questions</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV class=Section1> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Hi all:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">First post, hope I’m = doing it right!<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I’ve recently embarked = on tuning/tech for a couple of reasons:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: = yes">  </SPAN>1) possible second career (don’t want to cut into anyone’s = business, but all the tuners around here seem to be, shall we say, = “advanced”), and 2) someone gave me an old Cable <SPAN = class=SpellE>Euphona</SPAN>—maybe I can get her going in 15 or 20 years!<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Anyway, as all <SPAN class=SpellE>newbies</SPAN>, I have a “couple” of questions. = <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>First, I’m learning through = the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName = w:st="on">American</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">School</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> of Piano = Tuning’s correspondence course. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: = yes"> </SPAN><SPAN class=GramE>Also wearing out the <SPAN class=SpellE>Reblitz</SPAN>.</SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: = yes">  </SPAN>Is there any consensus on “fourths and fifths” <SPAN class=SpellE>vs</SPAN> “sixths and thirds”? <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN class=GramE>Pro’s = and Con’s?</SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Second, I have slight tinnitus—it’s always seemed to make me extra-sensitive to any = instrument that’s out of tune (pretty bad for an Episcopalian bass who usually = gets seated right in front of the ORGAN PIPES!). <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I was in band all through = school, played guitar for years, piano for about thirty years, so I have tuned = a thing or two. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Other people = will say something is in tune, but it grates on my nerves! <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Any other tuners out there = afflicted (blessed?) with this?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Thank ahead for any input!<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">John Delmore<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>