<HTML><BODY> <div> So I'm tuning this PSO little Chinese built grand piano with some brown stains amongst the tuning pins in a really noisy restaurant atmosphere.  Can't hear much, but Tunelab comes to the rescue.<br> <br> A waitress comes over as I'm finishing up and says, "wow, that looks really hard.  I saw them trying to do it on "the Amazing Race" the other night...."<br> <br> So maybe this shows a far greater segment of society how much skill is required to tune a piano than might otherwise be exposed to that knowledge....albeit in a cheesy sort of way!<br> <br> <br> </div> <div> </div> <div style="clear: both;">Dave Stahl, RPT<br> <br> Dave Stahl Piano Service<br> 650-224-3560<br> dstahlpiano@sbcglobal.net<br> http://dstahlpiano.net/<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> </div> <div> </div>  <br> -----Original Message-----<br> From: wayne.w@musicstop.com<br> To: pianotech@ptg.org<br> Sent: Tue, 3 Apr 2007 7:24 AM<br> Subject: RE: Amazing Race<br> <br> <div id="AOLMsgPart_2_eca774e1-a96c-4f89-b3a2-d9c2c172fe5c"> <div><span class="188432114-03042007"><font color="#0000ff" face="Comic Sans MS" size="4">Hey,it's not that cold here.....................................do it the summer</font></span></div> <div><span class="188432114-03042007"><font color="#0000ff" face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"></font></span> </div> <div><span class="188432114-03042007"> <div align="left"><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4">Wayne Walker</font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4">Piano Tuner / Technician</font></div> <div align="left"> <div align="left"><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"></font></div> <font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"><strong>Musicstop Acoustic Piano Service</strong></font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"><strong>264 Herring Cove Road</strong></font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"><strong>Halifax, NS, Canada</strong></font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"><strong>B3P 1M1</strong></font></div> <div align="left"> <div align="left"><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"><strong>902-221-1540</strong></font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"><strong>902-496-0041 Fax</strong></font></div> <div align="left"><strong><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.musicstop.com/">www.musicstop.com</a></font></strong></div> </div> </span></div> <blockquote style="margin-right: 0px;" dir="ltr"> <div></div> <div class="OutlookMessageHeader" align="left" dir="ltr" lang="en-us"><font face="Tahoma" size="2">-----Original Message-----<br> <b>From:</b> Moffatt [<a href='javascript:parent.ComposeTo("moffatt5%40telus.net", "");'>mailto:moffatt5@telus.net</a>] <br> <b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, April 03, 2007 12:56 AM<br> <b>To:</b> Pianotech List<br> <b>Subject:</b> Re: Amazing Race<br> <br> </font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Hold the show in Canada. Main problem?...Keep warm.</font></div> <div> </div> <blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 0px;"> <div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">----- Original Message ----- </div> <div style="background: rgb(228, 228, 228) none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial; font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><b>From:</b> <a title="tunergeek@gmail.com" href="mailto:tunergeek@gmail.com">paul bruesch</a> </div> <div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><b>To:</b> <a title="pianotech@ptg.org" href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</a> </div> <div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><b>Sent:</b> Monday, April 02, 2007 12:29 PM</div> <div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><b>Subject:</b> Re: Amazing Race</div> <div><br> </div> I think it's another fine example of how far south we go now in the name of "entertainment". I'm thrilled that I missed it. Can't recall where it is that I recognize the name of the show from, but one can be assured that I have never wasted ten seconds watching it. <br> Signed,<br> Another Paul in the piano business... <br> <br> <div><span class="gmail_quote">On 4/2/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Paul McCloud</b> <<a href="mailto:service@pianosd.com">service@pianosd.com</a>> wrote: </span> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div vlink="blue" link="blue" lang="EN-US"> <div> <div><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial;">Yeah, I saw that too.<span>  </span>I was cracking up- it's SOOO easy to tune a piano…HAH!<span>  </span>What a hoot…. The guy giving the okay was pretty lenient, too.<span>  </span>Pity the poor guy who had to replace those strings.<span>  </span>I wonder if the tuning pins got loose from all that restringing.<span>  </span></span></font></div> <span class="sg"> <div><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial;"><span>            </span>Paul McCloud</span></font></div> <div><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial;"><span>            </span></span></font><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial;">San Diego</span></font><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial;"></span></font></div> </span> <div><span class="e" id="q_111b38751af2e343_2"> <div><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial;"></span></font> </div> <div style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">-----Original Message-----<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> <a href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org">pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org">pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</a>] <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> <a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Amazing Race</span></font></div> <div style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></font> </div> <div> <div style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Did 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></div> </div> <div> <div style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></font> </div> </div> <div> <div style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Wayne Walker</span></font></div> <div style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Piano Tuner / Technician</span></font></div> <div style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><strong><b><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Musicstop Acoustic Piano Service</span></font></b></strong></div> <div style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><strong><b><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">264 Herring Cove Road</span></font></b></strong></div> <div style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><strong><b><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Halifax, NS, Canada</span></font></b></strong></div> <div style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><strong><b><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">B3P 1M1</span></font></b></strong></div> <div style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><strong><b><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">902-221-1540</span></font></b></strong></div> <div style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><strong><b><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">902-496-0041 Fax</span></font></b></strong></div> <div style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><strong><b><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.musicstop.com/">www.musicstop.com </a></span></font></b></strong></div> </div> <div style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></font> </div> <div style="margin-left: 0.5in;"> <div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> <hr align="center" size="2" width="100%"> </span></font></div> </div> <div style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users.<br> It has removed 2345 spam emails to date.<br> Paying users do not have this message in their emails.<br> Try <a target="_blank" href="http://www.spamfighter.com/len">SPAMfighter</a> for free now!</span></font></div> </span></div> </div> </div> <div><span class="e" id="q_111b38751af2e343_4"><br> <div><font size="2">--<br> No virus found in this outgoing message.<br> Checked by AVG Free Edition.<br> Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.24/741 - Release Date: 3/31/2007 8:54 PM<br> </font></div> </span></div> </blockquote></div> <br> </blockquote></blockquote><br> <hr> I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users.<br> It has removed 2345 spam emails to date.<br> Paying users do not have this message in their emails.<br> Try <a target="_blank" href="http://www.spamfighter.com/len">SPAMfighter</a> for free now!<br> <br> <div><font size="2">--<br> No virus found in this outgoing message.<br> Checked by AVG Free Edition.<br> Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.25/744 - Release Date: 4/3/2007 5:32 AM<br> </font> </div> </div>  <div class="AOLPromoFooter"> <hr style="margin-top:10px;" /> AOL now offers free email to everyone. 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