<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=windows-1252" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.19019"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY dir=ltr bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>1000 Hz freq wasn't it?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" dir=ltr> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=larryf@pacifier.com href="mailto:larryf@pacifier.com">Larry Fisher RPT</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> Tuesday, March 01, 2011 4:56 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [pianotech] unusual tuning fork</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">Wasn't it, ?This is WWV, Fort Collins, Colorado. (small pause) The next tone<BR>begins at (short pause) X hours, X minutes, *Greenwich Mean Time*? ?? It's<BR>been a long time since I've heard it, but I used to listen to it for<BR>hours... well, maybe for ten minutes... at a time!!</FONT><BR><BR>Yes, Paul.  You are right.  Greenwich Mean Time.  I fergitted that part.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>........  and David, I haven’t heard back from my brother yet.  I’ll keep you posted.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>All the while tuning up a radio this would play in the background and so it became engrained in a person’s memory for life.  OK smarty pants, what was the tonal frequency?  That was considered a standard as well.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Ah yes, a walk down burn your fingers vacuum tube powered radios memory lane.  And now folks, back to pianos.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Lar</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>PS, since we’re on a “SHOW AND TELL” chapter on Pianotech, I have a very sensitive measuring device called a tone-o-meter.  I’ll take pix and see if anyone can tell me what it is and what it was used for.</DIV></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>