<html>  <head></head> <body>  <DIV></DIV>Just got an email forwarded to me from tech. services at the casino saying the piano was great after tuning with the headphones. I'm going to see if there is a way to plug into the helpenstil pickup directly for better quality sound.<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">-------------- Original message from "AlliedPianoCraft" <AlliedPianoCraft@hotmail.com>: -------------- <BR><BR> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16608" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Where are you Vegas or AC? I would tune it at 7:00 or 8:00am, not too much action then.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Al Guecia</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </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=richard.ucci@att.net href="mailto:richard.ucci@att.net">richard.ucci@att.net</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 9:21 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> casino tunings</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <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></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>  </body> </html>