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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello Listees,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Did one of my rather infrequent concert =
tunings
today (dude called me yesterday). Anyone ever heard of a christian rock =
band (I
assume it's rock-type stuff) called Jars of Clay? I had =
not.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>These dudes had some serious equipment =
on stage -
place was a large church - but their equipment looked more appropriate =
for a
stadium. Anyway, the piano. About a 1958 Sorry & Cluck console. I'll =
bet any
one of the 37 guitars on stage cost many, many times what that piano =
might be
worth. And the piano was Ok shape generally, but had a real bad killer =
octave
and about a dozen strings that sounded like they belonged on some other =
type of
instrument. Why is it these poor-performing pianos persist in =
environments where
it is obvious the funds are available for something that plays and =
sounds
OK?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Piano was 5 to 20 cents sharp. I was =
there at 2 pm
as requested with sound check scheduled at 3 pm. I am not a fast tuner. =
I turned
one pin on each string in the tenor and treble about twice as flat as =
the set
was sharp and then tuned. Finished in 55 minutes and then had about 10 =
minutes
to clean up unisons. That is about as fast as I have ever tuned a piano =
where a
pitch change was needed. I sounded about as good as it would likely get =
even
with quite a bit more time/effort. Fortunately the piano player seemed =
to be a
fairly laid-back type and made some statement indicating that he was =
cognizant
of the time constraints.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Then sound check. Geeeezzzz. I wonder =
how smart I
am when once in a while I crank up my stereo in the car. People were =
sitting in
the audience during sound check stuff. I had to get out of there - It =
was louder
than Led Zepplin and The Who put together.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Just felt like belly-aching a bit. =
Anyone ever hear
of that band? I guess I am assuming they were <EM>christian</EM>
rock?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Oh, and BTW, just curious, anyone care =
to share
what they might commonly charge for a concert tuning - on short notice - =
given
only a one-hour window of time - on a Sunday afternoon? I was just going =
to
charge (normal tuning fee) X 2, but I can easily imagine justifying =
additional
fees for the timing of it all, etc.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry =
Farrell</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>