<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE></TITLE> <META content=text/html;charset=UTF-8 http-equiv=Content-Type> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.19400"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff text=#000000> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Susan,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>When I worked in a where house, with other tuners, they would always be cussing and swearing at their pianos.   I would always smile and say,  Come on darling, help me now sweet heart.   I guess I just thought I could get better results by relaxing and coaxing the piano.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>William</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </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=skline@peak.org href="mailto:skline@peak.org">Susan Kline</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, February 12, 2013 11:36 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [pianotech] facial quirks</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face="Courier New, Courier, monospace">I'm glad I don't clench my teeth. I can tell I've been at it too long <BR>when I find myself talking out loud to the note. "Come on, dear heart, you can do <BR>better than that ..." (the piano, not me ...) <BR><BR>sssssssssssssssnnn<BR></FONT><BR><A class=moz-txt-link-abbreviated href="mailto:tnrwim@aol.com">tnrwim@aol.com</A> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE cite=mid:73F0C039-6A5F-4451-9F06-5B90200D0E1D@aol.com type="cite"><DIV>I tend to clench my jaw and bite down on my teeth. I also hold my breath as I get close </DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Wim<BR><BR>Sent from my iPhone</DIV> <DIV><BR>On Feb 11, 2013, at 6:45 PM, Rob McCall <<A href="mailto:rob@mccallpiano.com" moz-do-not-send="true">rob@mccallpiano.com</A>> wrote:<BR><BR></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"> <DIV>Okay... <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Today, while tuning a piano, I was coming up on pitch on a particular note and I needed to tweak it just a smidgen higher. Along with my attempt at barely moving the tuning pin in the pinblock, I found myself trying to coax the pitch up by raising my eyebrows.  >:-)  Then I noticed I've been doing that a lot... <:-/</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Anyone else notice unusual facial or physical traits like this, or am I unique in my facial tuning?  >:-)</DIV> <DIV><BR> <DIV apple-content-edited="true"><SPAN style="WIDOWS: 2; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; FONT: medium Optima; WHITE-SPACE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; LETTER-SPACING: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); WORD-SPACING: 0px" class=Apple-style-span><SPAN style="WIDOWS: 2; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; FONT: medium Optima; WHITE-SPACE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; LETTER-SPACING: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); WORD-SPACING: 0px" class=Apple-style-span> <DIV><SPAN style="WIDOWS: 2; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; FONT: medium Optima; WHITE-SPACE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; LETTER-SPACING: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); WORD-SPACING: 0px" class=Apple-style-span> <DIV><SPAN style="WIDOWS: 2; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; FONT: medium Optima; WHITE-SPACE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; LETTER-SPACING: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); WORD-SPACING: 0px" class=Apple-style-span> <DIV><SPAN style="WIDOWS: 2; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; FONT: medium Optima; WHITE-SPACE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; LETTER-SPACING: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); WORD-SPACING: 0px" class=Apple-style-span> <DIV><SPAN style="WIDOWS: 2; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; FONT: medium Optima; WHITE-SPACE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; LETTER-SPACING: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); WORD-SPACING: 0px" class=Apple-style-span> <DIV>Regards,</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Rob McCall</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>McCall Piano Service, LLC<BR><A href="http://www.mccallpiano.com" moz-do-not-send="true">www.mccallpiano.com</A></DIV> <DIV>Murrieta, CA</DIV> <DIV>951-698-1875<BR></DIV></SPAN></DIV></SPAN></DIV></SPAN></DIV></SPAN></DIV></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><BR></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>