Ron,<br> <br> Maybe the two fans cancelled all the false beats in the Winter...was it an Aeolian?  Aaargh, I hope not for your sake.<br> <br> <div style="CLEAR: both">Dave Stahl<br> <br> Dave Stahl Piano Service<br> 650-224-3560<br> dstahlpiano@sbcglobal.net<br> http://dstahlpiano.net/<br> </div> <br> <br> -----Original Message-----<br> From: Ron Nossaman <rnossaman@cox.net><br> To: Pianotech List <pianotech@ptg.org><br> Sent: Fri, 3 Aug 2007 3:41 pm<br> Subject: Re: no fan of overhead fans while tuning<br> <br> <div id=AOLMsgPart_0_cf1d7035-e135-4be7-b0df-070f8d6a124e style="FONT-SIZE: 12px; MARGIN: 0px; COLOR: #000; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff"> <br> > 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! <br>  <br> Me too. I did a pitch raise and tuning on a Kimball console, and a Winter console, both under ceiling fans. The Winter was tougher. It was under *two* fans, which didn't seem to be rotating at quite the same speed. Very strange! <br>  <br> Ron N <br> </div> <div class="AOLPromoFooter"> <hr style="margin-top:10px;" /> AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at <a href="http://www.aol.com?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000437" target="_blank"><b>AOL.com</b></a>.<br /> </div>