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<DIV><FONT face="Century Schoolbook" size=2>Terry,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Century Schoolbook" size=2>Don't waste your time of getting a
comment from the guy. He's in his own world of self-indulgences and
arrogance. He's a mediocre player at best.</FONT><FONT
face="Century Schoolbook" size=2>Personally,his 15 mins. of fame was over 10 yrs
ago. I have worked with the guy for the past 8 yrs and it's pure torture each
and everytime I have to sit through one of his concerts. Our venue over here
insists that I'm on standby for the show, why...I can't figure out.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Century Schoolbook" size=2>Maybe some sour octaves ( every once
in awhile) is good medicine for the guy.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Century Schoolbook" size=2>Tom Servinsky</FONT> </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com
href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">Farrell</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, October 19, 2007 6:01
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Concert Tuning for Jim
Brickman</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Anyone ever heard of a pianist named Jim Brickman? My
understanding is that he writes and performs "adult contemporary" music and
has won an Emmy Award (maybe more than one?).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Anyway, I tuned a Yamaha C7 for him the other day. I
haven't had the guts to ask how the piano sounded for the concert. The AC
vents above the stage (very small stage in a 100-seat venue) was blowing
right onto the piano - there really wasn't any way to move the piano away from
them, nor was there any way to direct the air elsewhere.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>The piano was 10 cents flat upon arrival. During the
two-hour pitch raising and tuning process, the AC probably cycled six times or
more, blowing for lengthy times. That way I could get maybe one section of the
scale tuned, and then while tuning the next section the pitch of the previous
section would wander three to five cents sharp or flat. Needless to say, when
all was said and done, this piano had about the worst octaves I have ever
walked away from.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>And then of course, later on, the 4,000 stage lights at
10,000 watts each will go on and be directed at the piano.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I use and ETD for tuning from a calculated curve. I have
two questions. First, would an aural tuning process be better suited for this
situation - my thinking is that every string the aural tuner sets has its
pitch based on previous strings (read: previous octaves) - and maybe as the
sections/octaves wander up and down with the AC, the aural tuner would be
keeping better pace/pitch with the moving piano pitch? Second, is there
anything else one can do in this situation? Or is the answer to question #2
"Welcome to concert work!"</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Thanks.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Terry Farrell<BR>Farrell Piano</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>BTW: This was a nearly-new C7. The bass strings sounded
like crap - many had some level of "tubbyness". Even though the long bridge
did not have a hockey stick tenor end, the last few notes in the tenor still
had the "rubber-band" sound - rather poor break for a piano of this size (how
did Yamaha manage that on a good size piano like this?). And it had a
noticeable developing killer octave. IMHO, pretty sad state for such a "nice"
piano.</FONT></DIV>
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