<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)">  <title>Message</title> <style>  </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=blue> <div class=Section1> For a few years I worked at the Bay = Area Sherman Clay where house.   There were up to four tuners working at = the same time and sometimes a radio playing.   I learned a lot about = survival there.<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> <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 Geoff Sykes Sent: Saturday, February = 04, 2006 12:52 AM To: tune4u@earthlink.net; 'Pianotech List' Subject: RE: tuning = environment<o:p></o:p> </div> <o:p> </o:p> <div> 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. <o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> -- Geoff Sykes<o:p></o:p> </div> <div> -- Assoc. Los = Angeles<o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> <blockquote = style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt'> -----Original = Message----- From: = pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Alan Barnard Sent: Friday, February = 03, 2006 6:47 PM To: Pianotech List Subject: RE: tuning = environment<o:p></o:p> <div> <div> 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> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> 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> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> 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> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> And the number one most obnoxious = sound? Someone else tuning another piano in the background. = <o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> Alan = Barnard<o:p></o:p> </div> <div> <div> Salem, = Missouri<o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> </div> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> <blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid black = 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt; margin-left:3.75pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'> <div> ----- Original Message ----- = <o:p></o:p> </div> <div style='font-color:black'> From:</span= > <a href="mailto:pianotune05@comcast.net" = title="pianotune05@comcast.net"></a><o:p></o:p> </div> <div> To: <a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" title="pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech = List</a><o:p></o:p> </div> <div> Sent: = 02/03/2006 6:37:02 PM <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> Subject: tuning = environment<o:p></o:p> </div> <div> <o:p> </o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> Hi Everyone,<o:p></o:p> </div> <div> 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> </div> <div> Marshall<o:p></o:p> </div> <div> ps. It was a great tuning all around however, plus = they offered me lunch!  Awesome chili and corn bread.  = <o:p></o:p> </div> <blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #1010FF = 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt; margin-left:3.75pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'> -------------- Original message -------------- From: Susan Kline <skline@peak.org> > At 03:57 PM 2/3/2006 -0800, Horace wrote: > >Actually that has been done a number of times. When I was more = active in > >institutional work, I used to do it for demonstration = purposes...it does > >get folks' attention. > > I'm sure it does! > > >Also, I know specifically of one major contemporary venue in = which this > >was done to the primary concert instrument...no, the technician = who did it > >is no longer employed there. > > Ready for a different sort of institution, I would guess ... well, = there is > more than one way to tell an employer to "take this job and = shove it." > > sssssssssnn > > > _______________________________________________ >! ;! ; Pianotech list info: = https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives = <o:p></o:p> </blockquote> </blockquote> </blockquote> </div> </body> </html>