<!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 6.00.6000.16608" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Now I don't know much about casinos, but I'd be shocked if they listened to any kind of reason other than: floor space divided by slots=$$$, ding, ding, people get excited, more slots, more $. Loose money, sit in bar for a minute and look and listen to PSO. Hit ATM more slots, ding, ding, ding.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Fenton</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=wimblees@aol.com href="mailto:wimblees@aol.com">Willem Blees</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> Monday, February 18, 2008 8:20 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: casino tunings</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Richard</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>If you're having difficulties tuning the piano, what kind of problems does the player have competing with this noise? Perhaps a word to management might get them to move the piano. Maybe you can explain to them that they paid for the piano, and are paying someone to play it. But if the piano is drowned out by the slots, they are not getting anything for their investment. <BR><BR></DIV> <DIV style="CLEAR: both">Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT<BR>Piano Tuner/Technician<BR>Honolulu, HI<BR>Author of <BR>The Business of Piano Tuning<BR>available from Potter Press<BR>www.pianotuning.com</DIV><BR><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: richard.ucci@att.net<BR>To: pianotech@ptg.org<BR>Sent: Mon, 18 Feb 2008 4:21 pm<BR>Subject: casino tunings<BR><BR> <DIV id=AOLMsgPart_2_a5b289a4-a80f-471b-bb68-3709119931b7> <DIV>Hi folks,</DIV> <DIV>One of my casino accounts just put a Yamaha gc-1 in a lounge just off the casino floor this week.</DIV> <DIV>It's right next to a bank of slots that is creating a c-6 ding ding ding ding non stop.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I've dealt with this stuff for years , but this is an impossible situation. So impossible ,that I went out and got some noise canceling headphones (Radio Shack) with a little battery operated pickup . Worked fairly well , but has a bit of a learning curve as to where to place the pickup. It still picks up the slots to some extent, and makes the piano sound kind of like a cp-80, but at least I can hear more than I was before. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Cost about $110 but it's a $20k a yr contract.</DIV> <DIV>RU/UP</DIV> <DIV> </DIV></DIV> <DIV class=AOLPromoFooter> <HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px"> 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>!<BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>