<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" = xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" = xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" = xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)">  <style>  </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=blue> <div class=Section1> I used the spell checker and that = is how it corrected me.   I should know not to trust it, but you should = look at the spelling of some of the sighted guys on this list, and this blink = aint too far off coarse.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> William<o:p></o:p>= <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <div> PIANO BOUTIQUE<o:p></o:p> William Benjamin<o:p></o:p> Piano Tuner = Extraordinaire<o:p></o:p> <a = href="http://www.pianoboutique.biz">www.pianoboutique.biz</a></f= ont><o:p></o:p> The tuner alone,<o:p></o:p> preserves the = tone.<o:p></o:p>  <o:p></o:p>= </div> <div> <div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'> <hr size=2 width="100%" align=center tabindex=-1> </div> From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Avery Sent: Saturday, February = 04, 2006 2:58 PM To: Pianotech List Subject: RE: tuning = environment<o:p></o:p> </div> <o:p> </o:p> Shouldn't this be "warehouse"? At 09:24 AM 2/4/2006, you wrote: <o:p></o:p> For a few years I worked at the = Bay Area Sherman Clay where house.  <o:p></o:p> Avery <o:p></o:p>  There were up to four tuners = working at the same time and sometimes a radio playing.   I learned a = lot about survival there.   William       PIANO BOUTIQUE William Benjamin Piano Tuner Extraordinaire <a href="http://www.pianoboutique.biz">www.pianoboutique.biz</a> The tuner alone, preserves the tone.  <o:p></o:p> <div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'> <hr size=2 width="100%" align=center> </div> From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [<a href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org" eudora=autourl> mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</a>] On Behalf Of Geoff Sykes Sent: Saturday, February = 04, 2006 12:52 AM To: tune4u@earthlink.net; 'Pianotech List' Subject: RE: tuning = environment   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.   -- Geoff Sykes -- Assoc. Los Angeles  <o:p></o:p> -----Original = Message-----<o:p></o:p> From: = pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [<a href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org" eudora=autourl> mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</a>] On Behalf Of Alan = Barnard<o:p></o:p> Sent: Friday, February 03, = 2006 6:47 PM<o:p></o:p> To: Pianotech = List<o:p></o:p> Subject: RE: tuning = environment<o:p></o:p> Stick around awhile and = you'll experience some tuning environments that'll make noisy nursing homes = seem like a nap on the beach.<o:p></o:p>  <o:p></o:p></f= ont> 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.<o:p></o:p>  <o:p></o:p></f= ont> 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.<o:p></o:p>  <o:p></o:p></f= ont> And the number one most = obnoxious sound? Someone else tuning another piano in the background. = <o:p></o:p>  <o:p></o:p></f= ont> Alan = Barnard<o:p></o:p> Salem, = Missouri<o:p></o:p>  <o:p></o:p></f= ont>  <o:p></= o:p> ----- Original Message ----- = <o:p></o:p> From:<a = href="mailto:pianotune05@comcast.net"> = </a><o:p></o:p> To: <a = href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech = List</a><o:p></o:p> Sent: 02/03/2006 6:37:02 PM = <o:p></o:p> Subject: tuning = environment<o:p></o:p>  <o:p></o:p></f= ont>  <o:p></= o:p> Hi Everyone,<o:p></o:p> 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.?:)  = <o:p></o:p> Marshall<o:p></o:p> ps. It was a great tuning all around however, = plus they offered me lunch!  Awesome chili and corn bread.  = <o:p></o:p> -------------- Original = message -------------- <o:p></o:p> From: Susan Kline <skline@peak.org> = <o:p></o:p> > At 03:57 PM 2/3/2006 = -0800, Horace wrote: <o:p></o:p> > >Actually that has = been done a number of times. When I was more active in = <o:p></o:p> > >institutional = work, I used to do it for demonstration purposes...it does = <o:p></o:p> > >get folks' = attention. <o:p></o:p> > = <o:p></o:p> > I'm sure it does! = <o:p></o:p> > = <o:p></o:p> > >Also, I know = specifically of one major contemporary venue in which this = <o:p></o:p> > >was done to the = primary concert instrument...no, the technician who did it = <o:p></o:p> > >is no longer = employed there. <o:p></o:p> > = <o:p></o:p> > Ready for a different = sort of institution, I would guess ... well, there is = <o:p></o:p> > more than one way to = tell an employer to "take this job and shove it." = <o:p></o:p> > = <o:p></o:p> > sssssssssnn = <o:p></o:p> > = <o:p></o:p> > = <o:p></o:p> > _______________________________________________ = <o:p></o:p> >! ;! ; Pianotech list = info: <a href="https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives" = eudora=autourl>https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives</a> <o:p></o:p> </div> </body> </html>