<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <TITLE>Message</TITLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2180" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY text=#000000 bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><SPAN class=681182406-16012007><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2>Was it an omnidirectional mic?</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Kallie Swanepoel</FONT></DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Verdana size=2><A href="http://www.kallieswanepoel.co.za">http://www.kallieswanepoel.co.za</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Thomas Cole<BR><B>Sent:</B> 16 January 2007 06:53<BR></FONT></DIV>Jurgen,<BR><BR>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. <BR><BR>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.<BR><BR>Maybe if the mic could be attached to the plate or something less affected by ambient noise.<BR><BR>Tom Cole<BR><BR>Jurgen Goering wrote:<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE cite=mid65b92fb1c902d53c2cf253511e48f7d2@pianofortesupply.com type="cite"><BR>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. <BR>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... <BR><BR><BR><FONT size=-1>Jurgen Goering <BR>Piano Forte Supply <BR>(250) 754-2440 <BR><A class=moz-txt-link-abbreviated href="mailto:info@pianofortesupply.com">info@pianofortesupply.com</A> <BR><A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="http://www.pianofortesupply.com">http://www.pianofortesupply.com</A> <BR><BR></FONT><BR>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: <BR> <BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Well, I thought I would include another short sound clip from a tough tuning location. <BR><BR>NAMM show is this week! <BR><BR>Don Mannino<NAMM Begins.mp3> <BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>