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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>JF:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>As long as you did your best work, than stop
worrying. Even if you're new as a tuner, remember that I, too (after 25
years) do only MY BEST WORK. Sometimes, you deal with difficult
instruments. Your BEST work shall always be commendable. It is the
foundation of what piano technology means. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Cheers!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Marshall Connolly</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=formsma@gmail.com href="mailto:formsma@gmail.com">John Formsma</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, March 23, 2007 9:02
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> tuning for Michael Feldman</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Michael Feldman's "Whad'Ya Know" show is in Oxford, MS, and I
tuned the piano late this afternoon for tomorrow morning's live
broadcast.<BR><BR>Don't want to let this opportunity pass by for your
critique, since (gulp) what I did to that piano is to be broadcast nationally.
I would be interested in any comments, positive or negative. I think I tend to
tune the bass a bit flatter than some tuners, so if you can, listen
particularly for that. See if you notice anything particularly off. It was
tuned in equal temperament...with an attitude. I.e., stretched so that the
shared top note makes the double octave and octave-fifth beat the same. E.g.,
F3-F5 beats the same as Bb3-F5.<BR><BR>I don't know how much you can hear of
just the piano since it's a jazz trio. But if you're tuning in anyway, listen
hard, and pull no punches. Hopefully it will react favorably overnight. C#4
has a rather nasty falseness, but everything else was normal. <BR><BR>It's a
Yamaha C7, about 4 years old. All I did was tune it...no voicing or
anything.<BR><BR>Thanks,<BR><BR>JF<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>