<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16481" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><STRONG><FONT size=3>It would be very important to inform the customer of the phenomena, so that they would know the piano will sound different, fan off/on.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT size=3>Possibly someone mentioned this, and I missed it.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT size=3>I find I am missing a lot lately. :-(</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=paulrevenkojones@aol.com href="mailto:paulrevenkojones@aol.com">PAULREVENKOJONES</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> Friday, August 03, 2007 5:05 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: no fan of overhead fans while tuning</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Phil:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Maybe the point was that the oscillation of the blades creates a beat which makes it hard to tune. Having done your <U>best possible job </U>tuning the piano, which is what you're being paid to do professionally, you might inform the client that the fan will make the piano sound odd. Whether they care is not your business; your tuning is your business.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Paul</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV><STRONG>"If you want to know the truth, stop having opinions" (Chinese fortune cookie)</STRONG></DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 08/03/07 15:00:44 Central Daylight Time, phil@philbondi.com writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"> <DIV> <STYLE type=text/css>.aolmailheader { FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial } A.aolmailheader:link { FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline } A.aolmailheader:visited { FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: magenta; TEXT-DECORATION: underline } A.aolmailheader:active { FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline } A.aolmailheader:hover { FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline } </STYLE> <BR>Joe And Penny Goss wrote: <BR>> Must be goin deaf like me <g> <BR><BR>I suppose that's possible Joe, but like Terry, <BR>I've become immune to fans. <BR><BR>If it's a quality piano(don't go there..it's <BR>been a loong day) in a quality home, fans go <BR>off. If it's the bargain-basement PSO that we <BR>all know, and it hasn't been tuned in xx(x) <BR>years, a fan isn't going to make any difference, <BR>in my opinion..and probably the opinion of <BR>others..I'm just not bashful in saying so. <BR><BR>..i think I need a drink!.., <BR><BR>-Phil Bondi(Fl) <BR><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>