<!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 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>"I just <FONT face=Arial = size=2>schedule a console Steinway to tune..."</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jumping off the deep end are we?  = Might want to consider bringing a life jacket.....    = ;-)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr 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=pianotuner@frontiernet.net href="mailto:pianotuner@frontiernet.net">Doug Renz Piano Tuning</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> Wednesday, December 15, = 2004 4:34 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> bad tuning = update</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks for all your thoughts on this = topic. It has been</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>very educational.  I am going = back this Saturday to look</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>at the piano and evaluate it before I = do anything to it</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>and talk to the = customer.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Currently as a new tuner I am = learning to tune aurally and</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>using Tune Lab 97 program in helping = me go get the temprament</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>section down and then tune off that. = I have been doing ok</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>with tuning unisons, (as long as = there are no false beats)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>and they sound good.  I do = remember when I started tuning</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>about a year ago, tuning some piano's = that were 1/2 off and </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>watching it go flat while I was = tuning. how fun!! it was a 3-4 hour</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>tuning. but I have learned = since.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I think there was one person who = wanted to talk to me about</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>this so my phone# is = 585-227-5793.  I am always looking for</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>improvements on how to not have this = happen again.  I just</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>schedule a console Steinway to tune = that has not been tuned</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>in a while so I told them it will = need multiple tunings.  I will</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>update you as I go. I'll let you know = how it goes on Saturday.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Doug Renz</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Associate PTG, Rochester, NY</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>