<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" = xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" = xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" = xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; = charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)">  <style>  </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple id="role_body" = bottomMargin=7 leftmargin=7 topmargin=7 rightMargin=7> <div class=Section1> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span = style='font-size: 12.0pt'>Dave:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span = style='font-size: 12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span = style='font-size: 12.0pt'>Just out of curiosity and as an avid TuneLab Pocket user, what = kind of stretch were you using for that Accrosonic tuning?  = <o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span = style='font-size: 12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span = style='font-size: 12.0pt'>dave<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span = style='font-size: 12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span = style='font-size: 10.0pt'>David M. Porritt</span></font><o:p></o:p></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span = style='font-size: 10.0pt'><a = href="mailto:dporritt@smu.edu">dporritt@smu.edu</a></span></font><o:p><= /o:p></p> </div> <div> <div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font = size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> <hr size=2 width="100%" align=center tabindex=-1> </span></font></div> <p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span = style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font = size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Piannaman@aol.com<br> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Saturday, February = 05, 2005 2:53 AM<br> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> pianotech@ptg.org<br> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Not what I = signed up for</span></font><o:p></o:p></p> </div> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span = style='font-size: 12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>Hi = List,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'> <o:p></o= :p></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>Just a little = vent...I got a call a few weeks back from a woman I'd tuned an Acrosonic for = about 5 months ago, saying the piano needed to be retuned.  Okay, It was = some 30 cents flat or so, o that makes sense.  = <o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'> <o:p></o= :p></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>When I = arrived on the scene, the bass sounded kind of crappy, and the treble had gone fairly = far flat.  And some of the aging rubber lifter grommets were clicking = in the forks.  NO big deal.  The lady of the house who I had worked = for before was not home.  Instead, a rather CEO looking man came to the = rather large door of the huge and well-appointed house on the golf cours.  = <o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'> <o:p></o= :p></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>We discussed = the situation.  I explained that even with the best possible tuning by = the best tuner in the world, the Acro would never sound as "in = tune" as their son's Charles Walter studio that I also tune.  He explained = that he understood that, but that they just wanted it to play at family gatherings.  Given their apparent financial situation, I gently = pointed out that they would get far more musical satisfaction from a better = quality instrument, and that they should limit their expectations for this = one.  Blah, blah, blah.  <o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'> <o:p></o= :p></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>Then he saw = my pocket PC and asked about the Tunelab program.  I explained a bit about = it, at which point he told me that he wanted me to tune to the computer.  = I said okay, but as I tuned, it became apparent to me that my ear did not agree = with what I was seeing, especially in the upper octaves.  This is = precisely where he came in to watch me tune, silent as a statue, for a good 30 minutes.  <o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'> <o:p></o= :p></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>What it boils = down to is that I work for myself for many reasons, the biggest one being that I = don't have to be told what to do.  This situation was aggravating.  = It was evident that the man of the house was used to telling people what to do = and getting his way most of the time.  I'm used to using MY judgement, = not that of a person without a musical bone in his = body.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'> <o:p></o= :p></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>The tuning = was way too stretched in the treble, to the point of having octaves that were = strident, but I did it the way he had asked.   I hope his wife is happy with it(and/or him...(-:).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'> <o:p></o= :p></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>Thanks for = listening,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'> <o:p></o= :p></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>Dave = Stahl<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> </div> </body> </html>