<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=windows-1252" = http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2314.1000" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2>For those who are not aware of it, there's a good = solution for extremely noisy environments:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>The Sanderson magnetic accu-pickup. Had to use a = couple times because of  several- thousand-watts  soundchecks.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>It works on PT100 too, and RCT</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2> ( Note: only when running on batteries. When = using AC power, the pickup hears the 50 Hz (de)polarisations too- = resulting in 50Hz and all its partials  being present).</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Duncan.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: = 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com" title=mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com>Farrell</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" title=pianotech@ptg.org>pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, January 26, 2001 = 11:04 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Concert Tuning Info Emergency</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>I enjoy new challenges. Usually. Which is good, because I have = just made my tuning services available for my very FIRST concert tuning (5 = minutes ago). Tomorrow. I know how to tune a piano for Mrs. Smith down the street, = but ANYTHING having to do with a concert situation will be new to me (and admittedly, anything to do with a professional pianist).</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I am to tune for Richard Mark (my info is he is a pop pianist - = anyone know who this dude is?) tomorrow at noon at the Gasparilla Festival in = Tampa, FL. I guess this is Tampa's stab at Mardi Gras. It is your basic get = drunk and flash boobs event. Anyway, it is an outdoor stage and I was told I = would have an hour to tune. Why am I not comfortable with that? I usually take at = least an hour to tune.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Any general advice from you old pros regarding tuning specifics = (any special style or anything, like lots of stretch, etc.) and just = general considerations for outdoor concert tuning at a festival? Especially, = any advice from SAT users - as I do the FAC thing with my SAT III. = The piano is a rented Yamaha C3 that supposedly was tuned prior to leaving the = rental company in Miami. Anything specifically unusual with this = particular piano model? There are two tunings. The first at noon, and then one = around 5 PM for an evening performance.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I have this feeling of stepping into a black abyss. Every time I = have done that in the past, I have come up in pretty good shape. But = there is always a first time it may not happen that way. I'm charging double my = usual tuning fee for each tuning. Is that normal?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Help.  <STRONG>:O</STRONG></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Terry Farrell<BR>Piano Tuning & Service<BR>Tampa, = Florida<BR><A = href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com</A></DI= V></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>