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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Congratulations! </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Sometimes you have =
no option but
to do it as fast as you can, guessing where to put everything based on =
your
experience level. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> You must remember, =
when
something like this happens, that you are being put into a position to =
rectify
someone else's lack of planning, so we generally don't want to give =
ourselves a
heart attack doing the impossible in a short amount of =
time.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Some people who have =
done
concert work for years, are no longer interested in doing that kind of =
work,
just because it is too stressful. I'm rapidly becoming one of =
them,
myself...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kevin.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=joey@onkeypianotuning.com
href="mailto:joey@onkeypianotuning.com">Joey Recker</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">'Pianotech'</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, September 28, =
2003 5:57
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Emergency Tuning</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Wanted to tell ya'll what happened to me this =
evening. As
I sat<BR>at home watching the NASCAR race preparing to leave for =
church the
phone<BR>rang. It was the Mayor of our little town (Plains, =
GA).
It seems that<BR>a former president had invited David Osbourne<BR><A
=
href="http://members.aol.com/osborne88/page2/">http://members.aol.com/o=
sborne88/page2/</A>
of Cesar's Palace to play piano<BR>at his Church (just down the road =
from my
house). It was 5:30... The<BR>piano (a rented Steinway =
"B")
arrived at 5:00 and was "grossly out of<BR>tune" (His =
words). The
performance began at 6:30.<BR><BR>I quickly changed and drove the
church. It was packed with<BR>tourists (Jimmy was attending =
tonight) and
they were all talking. I had<BR>a seat at the piano and checked =
it
out. David came by and said "please<BR>help". I can't hear =
the
"high harmonics". The bass is muddy, and there<BR>are two =
sluggish
dampers. I told him I would do my best.<BR><BR>I did my best to =
block
out the noise and began. It was about 6<BR>cents low. I =
was told
by another person that the piano was "uncrated"<BR>just a week prior =
and had
never been tuned except by the factory. I<BR>decided to leave it =
6 cents
low and try to get it in tune with itself<BR>since I only had about 45 =
minutes. I zoomed through the middle section.<BR>When I got to =
the top,
I found that it appeard to have almost no stretch<BR>and sounded =
flat. I
stretched it a bit in the treble and bass. I<BR>looked for those =
sluggish dampers for a few moments and couldn't find<BR>anything that =
seemed
out of the ordinary. I finished at 6:20 (not my<BR>best =
work...
Probably my fastest). <BR><BR>David sat down and did a few runs =
on the
piano as I packed up my<BR>tools, and told me I was a =
"magician"! He
even commented about how<BR>quickly I fixed the dampers (I didn't tell =
him any
different!) I didn't<BR>stay for the performance, as my own =
church was
waiting for me. I've<BR>been tuning publicly for about a year, =
and
although this is probably<BR>"small potatoes" to many of =
you... It
made me feel pretty darn good<BR>that I was able to pull this off with =
some
degree of perceived<BR>proficiency. <BR><BR>Didn't mean to brag, =
but my
wife wasn't interested.
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<grin><BR><BR>Joey<BR><BR>_________________________________________=
______<BR>pianotech
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