<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> <STYLE>.hmmessage P { PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } BODY.hmmessage { FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt } </STYLE> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.19170"></HEAD> <BODY class=hmmessage bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>>But hopefully you're right, for the sake of our jobs! <IMG style="BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: none; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: none; BORDER-TOP-STYLE: none; VERTICAL-ALIGN: text-bottom; BORDER-LEFT-STYLE: none" title="Rolling on the floor laughing" alt="Rolling on the floor laughing" src="http://gfx2.hotmail.com/mail/w4/pr04/ltr/emo/rotfl.gif" width=19 height=19><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>I don't think we have to worry about our jobs on account of a self-tuning piano.  For one, think of the millions of pianos out there currently that will never be self-tuning!  That leaves us plenty of work, I'd say!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Even IF the "bugs" got worked out of it and they started selling like gang-busters, I would imagine it would take years to catch on enough to flood the market to the point it would effect us too much.  Even at that...I don't think he's begun working on a self-regulating or self repairing piano yet.  Maybe someday ; )</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>One other thing...I'm not sure I understood correctly or not, but as it tunes...it has to sound all the strings while it's initially tuning at startup, correct?  If so, that would be the biggest annoyance, I'd think.  Who in their right mind would want to hear that noise, for any period of time, every time you sat down to play.  I sure wouldn't. If it doesn't, then I misunderstood and stand corrected.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Anyway, I think I'll rest easy tonight...we may suffer a bit to poor economy, but I seriously doubt if we suffer too much at the hands of a self-tuning piano.</FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>I agree with Dale, I wouldn't necessarily want to poor cold water on a cool idea, afterall, the entreprenuering spirit is what built America, and my hats off to him. Cool idea at the least.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Ok...letting it die now! ; )</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial> </DIV></FONT> <DIV>Richard W. Bushey<BR>Richard's Piano Service<BR><A href="http://www.RichardsPianoService.com">www.RichardsPianoService.com</A><BR><A href="mailto:Rbushey@RichardsPianoService.com">Rbushey@RichardsPianoService.com</A><BR>573-765-9903</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=pianolover88@hotmail.com href="mailto:pianolover88@hotmail.com">pianolover 88</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 13, 2012 1:10 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [pianotech] self tuning piano(s)</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr>Joe said: "It'll never come to pass, so let it die."<BR><BR>The airplane<BR>The automobile<BR>Black President, etc.<BR><BR>But hopefully you're right, for the sake of our jobs! <IMG style="BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: none; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: none; BORDER-TOP-STYLE: none; VERTICAL-ALIGN: text-bottom; BORDER-LEFT-STYLE: none" title="Rolling on the floor laughing" alt="Rolling on the floor laughing" src="http://gfx2.hotmail.com/mail/w4/pr04/ltr/emo/rotfl.gif" width=19 height=19><BR> <BR>Cheers,<BR><BR>Terry "UniGeezer" Peterson<BR>"Over 50, and not '2' Tired!" <BR><A style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" href="http://www.unigeezer.com" target=_blank>www.unigeezer.com</A><BR><BR><BR> <DIV> <DIV id=SkyDrivePlaceholder></DIV>> From: <A href="mailto:joegarrett@earthlink.net">joegarrett@earthlink.net</A><BR>> To: <A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A><BR>> Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:03:18 -0800<BR>> Subject: Re: [pianotech] self tuning piano(s)<BR>> <BR>> Terry said: "I seem to remember some discussion about self tuning pianos in<BR>> the past, but it looks like some significant strides have been made,<BR>> although the system still cannot be retrofitted into existing pianos."<BR>> <BR>> Terry, <BR>> We've wasted enough time on this. It'll never come to pass, so let it die.<BR>> That's my take on it.<BR>> Joe<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Joe Garrett, R.P.T.<BR>> Captain of the Tool Police<BR>> Squares R I<BR>> <BR></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>  <br><hr>I am using the Free version of <a href="http://www.spamfighter.com/len">SPAMfighter</a>.<br />SPAMfighter has removed 668 of my spam emails to date.<br /><br />Do you have a <a href="http://www.spamfighter.com/SLOW-PCfighter?cid=sigen">slow PC?</a> Try free scan! </BODY></HTML>