<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:st1="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)"> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="State"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="City"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"/>  <style>  </style>  </head> <body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple> <div class=Section1> Thanks for the kind words Terry.  I wonder if there’s a pattern with these stable pianos in un-air conditioned homes?  Hmmm…<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <div> <div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'> <hr size=2 width="100%" align=center tabindex=-1> </div> From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Farrell Sent: Friday, June 02, 2006 7:59 PM To: Pianotech List Subject: Re: A First Tuning<o:p></o:p> </div> <o:p> </o:p> <div> Hello MIchelle,<o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> Sounds like you nailed this one very well. Congratulations!<o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> You will learn, with time, to tune WITH the fans on - during the summer. If you are anything like me - 80% of the homes I do service work in, IMHO, are HOT! You can learn to ignore the fan wah, wah, wah and only hear the string wah, wah, wah.<o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> I have one regular customer with two grand pianos in her 130 year old living room. No air conditioning there either. She did put in 'lectricity and indoor plumbing back in the '40s. I see her in November and again in March for tuning. January or February for any serious work.<o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> Her pianos are remarkably stable. No humidity control what-so-ever. Simply amazing.<o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> Terry Farrell<o:p></o:p> </div> <div> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Tampa</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Florida</st1:State></st1:place><o:p></o:p> </div> <blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid black 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt; margin-left:3.75pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt'> <div> ----- Original Message ----- <o:p></o:p> </div> <div style='font-color:black'>  <o:p></o:p> </div> Hi all.  I wanted to tell you about my very first tuning for pay.  It was for a music teacher friend who lives in an old farmhouse here in <st1:place w:st="on">Central Texas</st1:place>.  She said I might want to come early in the day because she has no air conditioning!   So I get there about 9:00 and it’s pretty pleasant.  She has the windows open and the fans running.  I learned very quickly that the fans were going to have to be turned off (wah, wah, wah…).  By the time I finished it was nice and toasty.  (Read sweating like a pig.)    =)<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Of course, you’re probably wondering what kind of shape this poor Baldwin Console was in with our <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Texas</st1:State></st1:place> weather.  Would you believe that the bass was a little flat, the treble quite a bit sharp, and the center was almost dead on?!  It hasn’t been tuned in years.  <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Anyways, just thought you might like to hear about the adventures of a newbie tuner.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Michelle Smith<o:p></o:p> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Bastrop</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Texas</st1:State></st1:place><o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> </blockquote> </div> </body> </html>