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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Amen to that Andrew. I service a lot of pianos in
retirement communities here in Florida. Folks often like it around 85+ degrees.
When it is 95 in the shade and I walk up to the house and all the windows are
open.......</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Anyway, if the fans are not on, I turn them on. I just
tuned a little Cable-Nelson console yesterday in a hot-house. Fans whirling out
a great beat. I hear the beating clearly, but somehow I've learned to be able to
simply put it on another channel - I can tune right through it, doesn't bother
me a bit. It is certainly better than dripping in sweat during the
tuning!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>When people do have fans on I also be sure to mention to
them about the fan thing - i.e., if the piano has been sounding just fine and
then one day it suddenly sounds real bad - try turning the fan off to see if the
"bad" goes away.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>Here in south
Texas that is more of a problem. I'm always turning off ceiling
fans. But the problem doesn't stop here. The noise coming out of
the air-conditioner ducts is a harmonic as well. It is too hot here to
turn that off so I grin and bear it. When the whole note blooms around
the beat, you know you're there.<BR><BR>Andrew Anderson, Artisan
Piano<BR><BR>At 09:01 AM 8/3/2007, you wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite">I'm kind of amazed that I've
never been in this situation before, but I found myself there twice
yesterday.<BR><BR>As I started tuning a brand new Kawai RX5 (6 1/2 foot
grand), I noticed that A4, despite being strip muted, was beating
rapidly. I played several other notes and heard the same thing, and
the beat speeds were all the same. I finally looked overhead and saw a
ceiling fan rotating rapidly (and quietly, I might add!). I turned off
the fan and they were gone. This was the first piano I ever remember
tuning that was directly under a fan. The deflection of the sound
waves off the fan blades was quite annoying and distracting.<BR><BR>Next
time you tune a piano that has notes that are beating for no apparent
reason, look overhead and you might find your answer. <BR><BR>Dave
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