<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2716.2200" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>As Pogo so often said: = "Ooog."</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I give you an E (flat) for effort. = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Alan Barnard</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=rrg@unlv.edu href="mailto:rrg@unlv.edu">Robert = Goodale</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, August 07, = 2002 9:27 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Fireworks</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Alan R. Barnard wrote:<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE cite=mid:00c501c23e73$f6fafc00$196c10d0@yourfulkl1oh2q type="cite"><PRE wrap="">Tom Driscoll RPT said:<BR><BR>"P.S.Want to = see some real fireworks? Watch this.<BR>EQUAL TEMPERMENT IS THE ONLY WAY = TO TUNE A PIANO.ALL OTHER METHODS SHOULD = BE<BR>ILLEGAL."<BR></PRE></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Oooo goody, I gotta get in on this....<BR><BR>All together now in ball park = style:<BR>"Equal!  Equal! Equal!  Equal! = Equal!"<BR><BR><B>And now a special poem for the occasion:</B><BR><BR>I tune pianos daily,<BR>I = really really do.<BR>I always tune them equal,<BR>and they really like it too!<BR><BR>When big concert pianists<BR>come visit in our town,<BR>I = tune the box to equal.<BR>They never ever frown.<BR><BR>Big ones, little = ones,<BR>from all around the globe.<BR>I do it like I always do,<BR>they never say = "Oh no!"<BR><BR>A then F, to C then G,<BR>Stretching all the way!<BR>Make = it nice and even,<BR>"I love it!" they all say.<BR><BR>So remember in the = future<BR>if it sounds real out of tune:<BR>It was probably tuned "HT",<BR>So now = this doesn't rhyme.<BR><BR><BR>Rob Goodale, RPT, ETT<BR>(Equal Temperment Tuner)<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>