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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I tuned the CP pianos many years on stage.
It was great to use earphones and block out the noise of the stage crew. Also
with a graphic equalizer, they can produce good sound without feedback.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>The tuner alone,</span></font><font
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Joseph Garrett<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, September 12, 2006
10:26 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> pianotech<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> CP 60-70-80's</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="MS Sans Serif"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"MS Sans Serif"'>Ron said: "</span></font><font
face="MS Sans Serif"><span style='font-family:"MS Sans Serif"'>They ARE cool,
they WERE an excellent answer to a need for </span></font><font size=2
face="MS Sans Serif"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"MS Sans Serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="MS Sans Serif"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"MS Sans Serif"'>portability, but they always WERE and still
ARE nasty sounding </span></font><font size=2 face="MS Sans Serif"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"MS Sans Serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="MS Sans Serif"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"MS Sans Serif"'>things, without getting into any emotional
issues of acoustic </span></font><font size=2 face="MS Sans Serif"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"MS Sans Serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="MS Sans Serif"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"MS Sans Serif"'>piano purity. They're untunable and
unvoicable. That's what </span></font><font size=2 face="MS Sans Serif"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"MS Sans Serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="MS Sans Serif"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"MS Sans Serif"'>*I* think technicians have against
them."</span></font><font size=2 face="MS Sans Serif"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"MS Sans Serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="MS Sans Serif"><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="MS Sans Serif"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"MS Sans Serif"'>Ron,</span></font><font size=2
face="MS Sans Serif"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"MS Sans Serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="MS Sans Serif"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"MS Sans Serif"'>I would disagree on the point of
"untuneable". They can be tuned, but they won't fall into our little
tuning "box" that we are comfortable with. The scales are actually
well thought out and most of the harmonics do a good job of coinciding. The big
issue is that they are better tuned with an ETD than by ear IMO
(darn puter keeps doing weird things at this point caps goes haywire
perhaps the puter doesn"t like what i"m writing go
figger)<br>
As for voicing, there some small voicing capabilities, but that was intended to
be compensated for with the amplifier EQ.</span></font><font size=2
face="MS Sans Serif"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"MS Sans Serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="MS Sans Serif"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"MS Sans Serif"'>As for how they sound. Years ago, Del and I
experimented with a Baldwin "electric" dissaster thingee. I dragged
my big Bass amp in, (high quality thingee), and we hooked it up. That POS
actually sounded good through a good amp! Another go figger.<G> I think
the same applies to the CP thingees. A high quality amp will make them sound better
than they have a right to, IMO.</span></font><font size=2 face="MS Sans Serif"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"MS Sans Serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="MS Sans Serif"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"MS Sans Serif"'>Just my experience with these.</span></font><font
size=2 face="MS Sans Serif"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"MS Sans Serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="MS Sans Serif"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"MS Sans Serif"'>Best Regards,</span></font><font size=2
face="MS Sans Serif"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"MS Sans Serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="MS Sans Serif"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"MS Sans Serif"'>Joseph Garrett, R.P.T.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="MS Sans Serif"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"MS Sans Serif"'>Captain, Tool Police<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="MS Sans Serif"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"MS Sans Serif"'>Squares R I<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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