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<DIV><SPAN class=484304114-20032003><FONT color=#0000ff size=2>A =
whistle, like a
flute or piccolo, is a fairly pure sine wave that really punches through =
other
sounds.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=484304114-20032003><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=484304114-20032003><FONT color=#0000ff =
size=2>That's why you
only need one piccolo in a huge marching band outdoors and everyone can =
still
hear it, unlike say a clarinet which has a complex sound and you have to =
have
dozens of them before you even notice they are =
playing.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=484304114-20032003><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=484304114-20032003><FONT color=#0000ff =
size=2>That's my theory,
anyway, because I have also noticed that whistling is one of the hardest =
sounds
to tune through. Also crying babies, shrieking children, =
and &$%#*
chiming clocks.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=484304114-20032003></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=484304114-20032003><FONT color=#0000ff =
size=2>Alan
Barnard</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=484304114-20032003><FONT color=#0000ff =
size=2>Salem,
MO</FONT> </SPAN></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE>
<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>Wimblees@aol.com<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, March 20, 2003 5:52
AM<BR><B>To:</B> pianotech@ptg.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Whistle while =
you work,
was, Re: Professional identity<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT
face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 =
FAMILY="SANSSERIF">In a
message dated 3/20/03 10:35:44 AM !!!First Boot!!!, wmaxim@sc.rr.com
writes:<BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE
style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px =
solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"
TYPE="CITE">I miss the organist (now retired) whose habit was to =
whistle as
he busied<BR>himself in the choir room. With me tuning the
piano. "I whistle while you<BR>work"
motto?<BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>I was tuning for a theater while =
the crew
was still working on the set. I was able to deal with the general =
noise,
including some hammering, but I was really bother by one guy who was
whistling. He was very loud, but he wasn't very good. I finally asked =
him to
stop, so I could tune. When I did this, the other crew members let out =
a
cheer. I found out that they had been asking this guy to stop =
whistling for
years, but the guy just had a habit of whistling, and he couldn't =
stop. The
crew was ready to pay me extra to stay longer, just to not hear the
whistling.<BR><BR>Wim </FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>