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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello list:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I too, saw the program. I was amazed that the
people playing Chopin didn't "cringe" in horrified disbelief that the note was
such a "busy" mess-- far from in tune!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Obviously, no one would tune for a symphony
orchestra with notes like that! O.K.-- reality check concluded, I am
promptly donning some bizarre semblance of a 'flame-proof' suit here.
Still figueing out what to do with a BAD (Bad little monster) Brambach grand,
and mulling through whether or not to rebuild a 1920's Baldwin upright (yes, a
real one!).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ugh, don't we ever get a break from it
all???</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Wouldn't trade it for a million
dollars-</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Happily poor, but rebuilding some 'kick-butt'
pianos!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Marshall (from New Bedford)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=service@pianosd.com href="mailto:service@pianosd.com">Paul
McCloud</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">'Pianotech List'</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, April 02, 2007 2:10
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: Amazing Race</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Yeah, I saw that
too.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I was cracking up- it’s SOOO
easy to tune a piano…HAH!<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>What a
hoot…. The guy giving the okay was pretty lenient, too.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Pity the poor guy who had to replace
those strings.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I wonder if the
tuning pins got loose from all that restringing.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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</SPAN>Paul McCloud<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">-----Original
Message-----<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B>
pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN></B>Wayne Walker<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Monday, April 02, 2007 10:40
AM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B>
pianotech@ptg.org<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B>
Amazing Race</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
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anyone on the list watch The Amazing Race last night. The contestants were in
Warsaw Poland as part of the game they had to find a single string on a unison
left flat and tune it on a grand . Once this was done a someone would play a
little Chopin and determine if the tuning was okay for them to proceed. About
3 or 4 strings got broken during this segment by different contestants. The
tuner replacing the strings didn't seem very happy towards the
end.</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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