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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>David,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>And back at you....</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kansas City is a possibility. However =
I'm scheduled
to be playing with a major recording gig and I think =
that's going
to conflict with that time. Guess I need to check the =
calendar.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Take care and say hi to Steve Edwards =
for
me.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Tom Servinsky</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=bigda@gte.net href="mailto:bigda@gte.net">David =
Andersen</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, February 07, 2005 =
11:13
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: not what I signed =
up
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<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12px">David =
Andersen
wrote:<BR></SPAN></FONT><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"><FONT
face=Verdana><I>Here’s what I know: doing single-mute, aural, =
whole-tone,
open-string tuning has exponentially expanded my ear’s ability to =
remember
piano tone, and made me a better voicer; it’s made me a MUCH =
better unison
tuner, much more precise.<BR></I><BR><I>David...Glad to hear that =
you are
still benefiting from the single mute tuning style. I still swear =
buy it as
the most honest check & balanced approach to the "whole" tuning. =
<BR>Not
that it only (seems) to yield a more true temperament, and not only =
that it
forces you to tune a better unison, but most importantly, it forces =
you to
listen on a higher plane.<BR>But I have found that I have to live in =
the
real world with huge time constraints and circumstances can't do =
this on
every piano. Now I use single-mute tuning in the same fashion I =
approach
with a bottle of fine red wine....only to be used for the =
SPECIAL
occasions.</I> <I>The level of satisfaction I get on those special
instruments where I can relax and enjoy the process brings joy like =
no
other.<BR>I still have the SAT II in the case for some of the grind =
work I
have to pump out. And there have been times when I felt that the SAT =
II
tuning yielded as good of a tuning as the single-mute tuning. But =
having the
opportunity to listen to my work via recording takes I have been =
involved
with, the single-mute tuning runs circles around my best ETD
tuning.<BR>Tom Servinsky<BR></I></FONT></SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"><FONT face=Verdana><I><BR></I><BR>Thank =
you so much,
Tom, for your inspiration and friendship; you are a rock of craft and =
sanity
on this list. And thank you for challenging me to explore the single =
mute
style; it has literally changed my life and my ears, as you say so =
eloquently
above.<BR><BR>I hope to see you and spend some more time with you
soon---Kansas City, perhaps?<BR><BR>David Andersen</FONT></SPAN>
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