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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>Alicia,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>Please take this in
the spirit in which it’s offered but your writing style bothers me. Text-messaging
shortcuts make sense on a cell phone keypad, but are jarring (to me at least) in
other contexts. You’ve made some interesting observations in your emails (and
I understand that email is by nature informal) but in my opinion a careless
writing style, poor spelling, etc., detract from what you’re saying. I’m
not trying to tell you or anyone else what you can or can’t do, but I
will say that I find myself giving more weight to the thoughts of those who
take the time to express themselves clearly and without typos.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>I don’t mean to
pick on you and you’re certainly not alone in this (consider the poor
example set recently at the highest levels of government). I just strongly feel
that email is still writing, and sloppy writing leads to sloppy thinking. Yours
just happened to be the straw that tipped me over. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>Just my two cents
worth (deliberate sentence fragment ;-). I’m going upstairs to put on my
flame-proof suit now.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>Kerry Kean<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> A E
[mailto:eve_ane@hotmail.co.uk] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">M</st1:PersonName>onday,
June 30, 2008 9:04 A<st1:PersonName w:st="on">M</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Pianotech
List</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> RE: Wives tales ...
violin tuning</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>I messed around with my friends
before who are tied down in musical field, they randomly pressed keys on my
piano and 9 out of10 i got it spot on... a few years ago i had a friend (may he
rest in peace) who could tell u exactly how sharp of flat the note was,
and get it withing 1-2 cents....<br>
there is such a thing i think.... it comes with experience, and knowing <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">ur</st1:place></st1:City> instrument... or in my
case probably sheeer dumb luck...! <br>
U cant speak for everyone in this world <st1:PersonName w:st="on">M</st1:PersonName>att,
u dont know what people can and can not do..<br>
as for human perfection... well in that case, perfection is in the eyes of the
beholder, and no one else matteres...<br>
<br>
Alicia<br>
<br>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>Date: <st1:PersonName w:st="on">M</st1:PersonName>on,
30 Jun 2008 05:57:58 -0700<br>
From: toddpianoworks@att.net<br>
Subject: Re: Wives tales ... violin tuning<br>
To: pianotech@ptg.org<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'>There is no such thing as PERFECT pitch, only relative
pitch. It someone had perfect pitch, it would mean it would have to be
perfect, and besides Jesus Christ, I have yet to see a human that was
perfect. If indeed this customer had perfect pitch, they could be able to
tell you that the note was four cents flat. But because she said the note
sounded like a "d", it is relative.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><st1:PersonName w:st="on"><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>M</span></font></st1:PersonName><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>atthew<br>
<br>
<b><i><span style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Richard Brekne
<ricb@pianostemmer.no></span></i></b> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>Yes... a good sense of relative
pitch memory is an interesting thing <br>
indeed. Its just that it would be best for all concerned if it were kept <br>
better in perspective... i.e. words like Perfect and Absolute left out <br>
of it. Severely extreme cases of pitch sensitivity are more a handicap <br>
then an asset. Fortunately... there are very very few on this planet <br>
that actually suffer to that degree....and correspondingly few that <br>
could with any hint of justification fnyss at someone else for erring <br>
<> pitchwise.<br>
<br>
Cheers<br>
RicB<br>
<br>
<br>
I had a customer a few days ago, whose piano I tuned 2 years ago. <br>
She played some notes and said how flat they were...the piano in<br>
general sounded reasonable. I got started and the piano was indeed<br>
about 4 cents flat and 7 in the treble. When done I asked her if<br>
she had perfect pitch...wasn't sure. I played a D and she said that<br>
sounded like a D...pretty cool...<br>
<br>
David Ilvedson, RPT<br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Pacifica</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">CA</st1:State>
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