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<DIV><SPAN class=474542104-13022005><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" =
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size=2>I love these phrases, thank you so much. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT =
face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> =
pianotech-bounces@ptg.org
[mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Cy
Shuster<BR><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, February 12, 2005 4:58 =
PM<BR><B>To:</B>
Pianotech<BR><B>Subject:</B> Country units<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>I love tuning for people here in southern West
Virginia. They're down-to-earth, and a lot more sophisticated =
than you
might expect. Very much into music: churches with a dozen =
instruments in
the sanctuary (guitars, drums, keyboards).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>However, I've found different ways of expressing =
concepts,
especially since there's so much familiarity with guitars. For =
example,
instead of "100 cents flat", I just say "It's a fret low". =
Instead of "a
piano has between 220 and 250 strings", I say "tuning a piano is like =
tuning
40 guitars". That one even got my attention! =
Since<EM> </EM>I
always make at least two passes, one tuning's the equivalent of 80 =
guitars --
120 with a pitch raise! To describe a pitch raise, I give the =
example of
moving a house to a new foundation. If one corner was way low =
and you
jacked it up, something else would get thrown out as a result, so =
you'd have
to go around once to get it close before trying to make the floors =
really
level.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Instead of "tuning pins pressed into a laminated =
pinblock",
I say "they're nailed into holes drilled into butcher block", or I use =
the
example of violin pegs with a friction fit instead of guitar tuners =
with
gears. "Delamination" is "like kitchen chairs coming unglued in
wintertime". I often take off the bottom cabinet panel on =
uprights and
point out the similarities to a guitar: strings terminating at the =
rim,
running over a bridge.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>What I like the best is still to check out a =
piano, and when
they ask me how bad it is, saying simply "It's a fret =
low".</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>--Cy Shuster--</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Bluefield, West By God Virginia</FONT></DIV>
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