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<DIV><SPAN class=328185312-19022008><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff>Or
lack thereof?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff>Annie</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Gregor _
[mailto:karlkaputt@hotmail.com]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, February 19, 2008
2:01 AM<BR><B>To:</B> Pianotech List<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: F# versus the
Flu<BR><BR></FONT></DIV> I also have some mild problems with the
Bīs: I have some difficulties to tune the unisons on Bīs, especially on
B3. No Problem on higher Bīs. Coincidence?<BR> <BR>Gregor<BR><BR><BR>>
From: joey@onkeypiano.com<BR>> To: annie@allthingspiano.com;
pianotech@ptg.org<BR>> Subject: RE: F# versus the Flu<BR>> Date: Mon, 18
Feb 2008 23:29:59 -0500<BR>> <BR>> Thanks for the responses to this. I
hesitated posting this question because<BR>> I thought (like some of you
said) that maybe I was losing my mind! Strange<BR>> that you experience
difficulties with the exact same notes that I do. <BR>> <BR>> I just
finished the tuning this evening and I didn't experience the same<BR>>
phenomena. (Feeling better too!)<BR>> <BR>> Thanks again to all. The
more I learn, the less I understand.<BR>> <BR>> Joey<BR>> <BR>>
-----Original Message-----<BR>> From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org
[mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf<BR>> Of Annie Grieshop<BR>>
Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 7:32 PM<BR>> To: Pianotech List<BR>>
Subject: RE: F# versus the Flu<BR>> <BR>> Joey,<BR>> <BR>> I am SO
glad you sent in this query. My sinuses are often upset about<BR>>
something or other -- and I nearly always hear oddities in F#s and Bs.
The<BR>> more time I spend tuning, the less it throws me off, but I'll
gladly second<BR>> you that it happens. Right now, I'm trying to prepare
for my tuning exam<BR>> while also battling an inner ear infection, and I
can't hear any lower<BR>> partials -- only the high ones are audible. It's
troublesome, to say the<BR>> least.<BR>> <BR>> Humming can help break
up sinus congestion -- and then there's always warm<BR>> salt water.
Swimming in it would probably make you feel a lot better, but<BR>> running
some through your nose might clear out your sinuses.<BR>> <BR>> Annie
Grieshop<BR>> <BR>> > -----Original Message-----<BR>> > From:
Joey Recker [mailto:joey@onkeypiano.com]<BR>> > Sent: Monday, February
18, 2008 4:16 PM<BR>> > To: 'Pianotech List'<BR>> > Subject: F#
versus the Flu<BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> > Today I tuned a Baldwin
Concert Grand (signed by Liberace!). Concert Prep<BR>> > tuning for the
Atlanta Pops. I've been suffering from the flu<BR>> > all week
and<BR>> > this is my first day out tuning again. As I was doing the
temperament<BR>> > octave the F#3 seemed to have some false beats. I
worked through it and<BR>> > continued. Then the next F# had the same
thing. And the next, and the<BR>> > next. EVERY F# on the piano seemed
to have a "waver" that<BR>> > wouldn't go away.<BR>> > I got out
my ETD and checked myself and did a 2nd pass on the<BR>> > entire
piano.<BR>> > The ETD helped me assure myself that the piano as a whole
was in good tune<BR>> > and I completed the job.<BR>> ><BR>>
><BR>> ><BR>> > Is there a possibility that whatever is going
on with my sinuses<BR>> > as a result<BR>> > of the flu could
affect my perception of certain notes? I did also have a<BR>> > bit of
trouble on B naturals.<BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> > I'm
going back tonight after the concert to check the piano again<BR>> >
(there is<BR>> > another performance tomorrow morning). Is there
anything I can do between<BR>> > now and then to "clear my
head?!?"<BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> > Never experienced
anything like this before but I can't think of any other<BR>> > reason
why this would occur. Any thoughts?<BR>> ><BR>> > Joey
Recker<BR>> > Plains, GA<BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> <BR>>
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