<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=windows-1250"> <TITLE></TITLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.5730.11" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY text=#000000 bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV dir=ltr align=left>There's a magnetic pickup which attaches to the plate and doesn't pick up all the surrounding noise.</DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left>les bartlett</DIV> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left> <HR tabIndex=-1> From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Cole Sent: Monday, January 15, 2007 10:53 PM To: Pianotech List Subject: Re: Another Tough Tuning Environment </DIV> <DIV></DIV>Jurgen, I had the same thought back when I was first doing floor tunings. I bought a contact mic which I fastened to the soundboard with some kind of adhesive putty and connected it to amplified headphones. It turned out to be a bad idea because the soundboard itself acted as a microphone and picked up all the room noise I was trying to screen out, so I gave up on it. Maybe if the mic could be attached to the plate or something less affected by ambient noise. Tom Cole Jurgen Goering wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE cite=mid65b92fb1c902d53c2cf253511e48f7d2@pianofortesupply.com type="cite"> I met a german tech who spent one night tuning about 10 pianos for the opening of the Frankfurt Musikmesse. Same scenario. He is an aural tuner, and a bright one. He had a little contact microphone which he placed on the soundboard, then ran it through a tiny amp the size of an iPod, and to earphones from there. It allowed him to tune aurally in an environment where an ETD is usually a must. I was thinking of bringing these units onto the market, but up to now it has just remained one of many projects on the back burner... Jurgen Goering Piano Forte Supply (250) 754-2440 <A class=moz-txt-link-abbreviated href="mailto:info@pianofortesupply.com">info@pianofortesupply.com</A> <A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="http://www.pianofortesupply.com">http://www.pianofortesupply.com</A> On Jan 15, 2007, at 16:20, <A class=moz-txt-link-abbreviated href="mailto:pianotech-request@ptg.org">pianotech-request@ptg.org</A> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE> Well, I thought I would include another short sound clip from a tough tuning location. NAMM show is this week! Don Mannino<NAMM Begins.mp3> </BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE> -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.16.12/628 - Release Date: 01/15/2007 11:04 AM </BODY></HTML> -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.16.12/628 - Release Date: 01/15/2007 11:04 AM