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<DIV><SPAN class=640504505-04022006><FONT face=Arial =
color=#0000ff>I had the
opportunity to tune four pianos at NAMM last year. Ever try to =
tune in a
very large convention center full of pianos all being tuned at the same =
time?
Complete chaos and cacophony would have been quieter. Especially when =
you find
yourself working on the same note at the same time as one or two other =
techs in
the same room. And you know what? It was a fascinating high energy =
learning
experience and I'd gladly do it again. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=640504505-04022006><FONT face=Arial =
color=#0000ff>-- Geoff
Sykes</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=640504505-04022006><FONT face=Arial =
color=#0000ff>-- Assoc. Los
Angeles</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
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align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <B>On =
Behalf Of
</B>Alan Barnard<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, February 03, 2006 6:47
PM<BR><B>To:</B> Pianotech List<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: tuning
environment<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Stick around awhile and you'll experience some tuning =
environments
that'll make noisy nursing homes seem like a nap on the beach.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Lawn mowers, vacuums, screeching 2-year-olds, clocks!!!, loud air =
conditioners and furnaces, televisions, and (at Fort Leonard
Wood) the not-so-distant sound of small arms, tank shells, and =
the
engineers blowing up stuff ... kabooM! ... the fun just keeps on =
coming.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>One that was a challenge: Junior high school tuning Hamilton on =
stage in
gym/auditorium with concrete floor and cinder block walls, boys =
basketball
team shows up and they each grab a ball and start bouncing, shooting,
shouting, laughing and the SHOES ... sqeak squirk eek scree. I =
couldn't
complain because I'd gotten held up and was an hour late when I =
started.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>And the number one most obnoxious sound? Someone else tuning =
another
piano in the background. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Alan Barnard</DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV>Salem, Missouri</DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=pianotune05@comcast.net
href="mailto:pianotune05@comcast.net"></A></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To: </B><A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> 02/03/2006 6:37:02 PM =
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> tuning =
environment</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Hi =
Everyone,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I know it's not a technical question per =
sae, but I
like hearing about other technician's experiences. What has =
been yoru
worst tuning environment? Today I tuned a piano at a nursing =
home, an
Acrosonic. The people were great, but it always throws me off =
when
someone comesup and asks me a question such as, "Have you found that =
lost
chord yet." I was making sure my thirds matched up evenly. It =
was
great, and I scheduled them for their next tuning already plus one =
of the
employees there scheduled me to tune her piano in two weeks. =
It was a
great experience, but it's hard to tune with lots of background
activity. What do you guys do in that situation, besides make =
the best
of it.?:) </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Marshall</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>ps. It was a great tuning all around =
however, plus
they offered me lunch! Awesome chili and corn bread.
</FONT></DIV>
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Original message -------------- <BR>From: Susan Kline
<skline@peak.org> <BR><BR>> At 03:57 PM 2/3/2006 -0800, =
Horace
wrote: <BR>> >Actually that has been done a number of times. =
When I
was more active in <BR>> >institutional work, I used to do =
it for
demonstration purposes...it does <BR>> >get folks' =
attention.
<BR>> <BR>> I'm sure it does! <BR>> <BR>> >Also, I =
know
specifically of one major contemporary venue in which this =
<BR>>
>was done to the primary concert instrument...no, the =
technician who
did it <BR>> >is no longer employed there. <BR>> <BR>> =
Ready
for a different sort of institution, I would guess ... well, there =
is
<BR>> more than one way to tell an employer to "take this job =
and shove
it." <BR>> <BR>> sssssssssnn <BR>> <BR>> <BR>>
_______________________________________________ <BR>>! ;! ; =
Pianotech
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