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Speaking of adventures-in-tuning... As I was tuning on stage of a
cruise ship, a magician and his lovely-dressed assistant came out to
rehearse and he proceeded to have her lay down and float in the air
while he ran a hoola-hoop across her body back and forth. Needless to
say, I couldn't keep my eye on my accutuner, and I wouldn't doubt I may
have left a unison or two singing.<br>
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Phil Ryan<br>
Miami Beach<br>
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Geoff Sykes wrote:
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2"><span class="203204523-21092006">I
had a tuning this afternoon at a very large church for a three day
event in the main chapel. The place was huge enough that there was even
a sound and light booth at the back. While I'm tuning there are also
some workmen hanging stage lights and screens. Not a problem for me.
When they raise their large aluminum ladders it goes clackity-clack for
a couple of seconds and then I'm fine. About halfway through the tuning
the sound guy arrives and, without asking me, he tells the workmen they
have to stop what they are doing because they are disturbing the piano
tuner, (me?). Quite frankly I found all the talking and discussion a
lot more disturbing than the intermittent noise they were making. I
assured everyone that the noise was not bothering me, which only fueled
their discussion for a little while longer. Since I continued to tune
away I think they eventually realized that they were not bothering me
after all, but I don't thing the sound guy liked not having his way to
make it quiet for me. First time I have ever had a stage tech going out
of his way to make my work easy. Will probably never happen again so I
thought I would share it.</span></font></div>
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Geoff Sykes</span></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"><span class="203204523-21092006">--
Assoc. Los Angeles</span></font></div>
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