<!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 6.00.6000.16587" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2>Me either, unless it's the one in my living room.  ;-]  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2>I just can't seem to find time (much to my wife's dismay).</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2>William R. Monroe</FONT></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=formsma@gmail.com href="mailto:formsma@gmail.com">John Formsma</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotuner@embarqmail.com href="mailto:pianotuner@embarqmail.com">pianotuner@embarqmail.com</A> ; <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, January 31, 2008 9:33 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: As Pogo would say, "Oog"</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV class=gmail_quote>On Jan 31, 2008 9:24 AM, Alan Barnard <<A href="mailto:pianotuner@embarqmail.com">pianotuner@embarqmail.com</A>> wrote:<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE class=gmail_quote style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"> <DIV>Disney's classic song, "Some Day My Pianotuner Will Come"<BR><BR><A href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4362311798892212010&q=piano&total=300814&start=0&num=10&so=1&type=search&plindex=9" target=_blank>http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4362311798892212010&q=piano&total=300814&start=0&num=10&so=1&type=search&plindex=9</A><BR><BR>Biggest mystery in the piano business: How can so many talented people--who've spent years and years practicing the piano--have such lousy ears? Especially some music and piano teachers I have met, and a couple of conservatory-trained classicists.  <BR><BR>Alan Barnard<BR>Salem, MO<BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR>Merciful heavens! <DIV><BR class=webkit-block-placeholder></DIV> <DIV>I don't know what it is, either.  Music teachers are sometimes the worst.  I have one teacher client who is a year overdue on her tunings.   She has a Steinway B, Yamaha P22, and a Story&Clark piece of furniture.  She is talented, and she can appreciate an in-tune piano.  But I can't figure out why she doesn't have her pianos tuned every six months.  They always sounds awful when I get there.</DIV> <DIV><BR class=webkit-block-placeholder></DIV> <DIV>Maybe it's because I'm in the piano tuning business.  But I just can't stand playing a piano that is much out of tune.<BR clear=all><BR>-- <BR>JF<BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>