<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:st1="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)"> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PostalCode"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="State"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="City"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"/>  <style>  </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=blue> <div class=Section1> I always encourage people to watch as long as they can stand it. I usually get so focused on tuning that I forget they are even in the room. <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> A couple of days ago I had a 19 year old girl who was fairly intelligent, but a little clueless. She started “hearing” “sub-partials” and would let me know if the note wasn’t quite right. I just smiled and moved on, explaining we can’t tune all the partials equally the same, we can only hope to get two or three to line up, and the rest is what gives the piano its unique sound, or whatever else I could make up on the spot to keep her thinking she was hearing a design feature. <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <div> Dean<o:p></o:p> <u1:PERSONNAME u2:st="on">Dean May</u1:PERSONNAME>             cell 812.239.3359 <o:p></o:p> PianoRebuilders.com   812.235.5272 <o:p></o:p> <u1:PLACE u2:st="on"><u1:CITY u2:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><u3:place u4:st="on"><u3:City u4:st="on">Terre Haute</st1:City></u3:place></u1:CITY></u3:City> <u1:STATE u2:st="on"><st1:State u5:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">IN</st1:State></u1:STATE></st1:State>  <u1:POSTALCODE u2:st="on"><st1:PostalCode u6:st="on"><st1:PostalCode w:st="on">47802</st1:PostalCode></u1:POSTALCODE></st1:PostalCode></st1:place></u1:PLACE><o:p></o:p> </div> <o:p> </o:p> <div> <div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'> <hr size=2 width="100%" align=center tabindex=-1> </div> From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of itunepiano@aol.com Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2008 9:03 PM To: pianotech@ptg.org Subject: Meet the "Lookerson's"<o:p></o:p> </div> <o:p> </o:p> It's only 5 weeks into the new year, and already I've met several "Lookerson's".   There was John and Bev, along with kids Chris and Val, who all sat down on the couch to watch me tune.  The kids soon tired of it, but not John and Bev, who stared at me through the whole tuning.   Then there was Ned Lookerson, who pulled up a chair to the left side of the piano and stared at me for the whole tuning.   And lets not forget Allan Lookerson, who stood just behind my left shoulder, clearing his throat every 30 seconds.   After 15 min of that I had to ask him to move.  And finally, Cat Lookerson (a real cat) who rested on top of the pin block and pawed at the hammers as I tuned.    The Lookerson's.  The most common name in piano tuning.  They will watch you.....you can hear them breathe....coming to a tuning near you........ <img width=19 height=19 id="_x0000_i1025" src="http://o.aolcdn.com/cdn.webmai!%0d%0a%20l.aol.com/34032/aol/en-us/images/aimex/grin.gif" alt=":-D">  Bob.<o:p></o:p> <div> <div class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-top:7.5pt;text-align:center'> <hr size=2 width="100%" align=center> </div> More new features than ever. Check out the new <a href="http://o.aolcdn.com/cdn.webmail.aol.com/mailtour/aol/en-us/text.htm?ncid=aolcmp00050000000003" target="_blank">AOL Mail</a>!<o:p></o:p> </div> </div> </body> </html>