<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <title></title> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> >From another Floridian:  I found a battery-operated 12" fan (at Walgreens) for $19.99 plus batteries (8 Ds) that is extremely  quiet on either speed.  Put that on a chair next to you on the bench and tune away in the cool tropical breezes.  (Good also for after-hurricane power-outs along with a battery TV)<br> <br> Phil Ryan<br> Miami Beach<br> <br> Farrell wrote: <blockquote cite="mid014f01c686a8$e37681a0$0301a8c0@DESKTOP" type="cite"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; "> <meta content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2873" name="GENERATOR"> <o:SmartTagType name="State" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType><o:SmartTagType name="City" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType><o:SmartTagType name="place" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType> <style>  </style> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Hello MIchelle,</font></div> <div> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Sounds like you nailed this one very well. Congratulations!</font></div> <div> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">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.</font></div> <div> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">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.</font></div> <div> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Her pianos are remarkably stable. No humidity control what-so-ever. Simply amazing.</font></div> <div> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Terry Farrell</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Tampa, Florida</font></div> <blockquote dir="ltr" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 0px;"> <div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">----- Original Message ----- </div> <div style="background: rgb(228, 228, 228) none repeat scroll 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </div> <div class="Section1"> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">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 <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">no air conditioning</span></b>!   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></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;">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></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;">Anyways, just thought you might like to hear about the adventures of a newbie tuner.<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;">Michelle Smith<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Bastrop</span></font></st1:City><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">, <st1:State w:st="on">Texas</st1:State></span></font></st1:place><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;"><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> </div> </blockquote> </blockquote> </body> </html>