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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>and speaking of hearing
loss;</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV>
<P align=left><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>Three old
guys are out walking.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P align=left><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>First one
says, “Windy, isn’t it?”</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P align=left><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>Second one
says, “No, its Thursday!”</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P align=left><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>Third one
says, “So am I. Lets go get a beer.”</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P align=left><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>----------------------------------------------</FONT></SPAN></P>=
<P align=left><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>A man was
telling his neighbour, “I just bought a new hearing aid. =
It</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P align=left><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>cost me
four thousand dollars, but it’s state of the art. =
It’s</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P align=left><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>perfect.”
“Really,” answered the neighbour. “What kind is =
it?”</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P align=left><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>”Twelve
thirty.”</FONT></SPAN></P><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>-------------------------------------------------</FONT>
<P align=left><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>Morris, an
82 year-old man, went to the doctor to get a physical. A =
few</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P align=left><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>days later
the doctor saw Morris walking down the </FONT></SPAN><SPAN =
lang=en-gb><FONT
face=Arial size=2>street</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P align=left><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>with a
gorgeous young lady on his arm.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P align=left><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>A couple of
days later the doctor spoke to Morris and said, =
“You’re</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P align=left><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>really
doing great, aren’t you? “</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P align=left><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>Morris
replied, “Just doing what you said, Doc: ‘Get a hot mama and
be</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P align=left><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>cheerful.’
“</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P align=left><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>The doctor
said, “I didn’t say that. I said, ‘You got a heart =
murmur.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P align=left><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>Be
careful.’”</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P align=left><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P align=left><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>------------------------------------------------------</FONT></S=
PAN></P>
<P align=left><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>A little
old man shuffled slowly into an ice cream parlour and =
pulled</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P align=left><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>himself
slowly, painfully, up onto a stool.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P align=left><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>After
catching his breath he ordered a banana split.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P align=left><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>The
waitress asked kindly, “Crushed nuts?”</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P align=left><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>No,” he
replied, “arthritis”.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P align=left><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </P>
<P align=left><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>AF</FONT></SPAN></P></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=sec@overspianos.com.au =
href="mailto:sec@overspianos.com.au">Overs
Pianos</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> Sunday, October 31, 2004 =
5:24
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Over sharp =
treble</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite">PIANO TOPIC -</BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite">Why do I often find myself =
correcting
over-sharp high treble on pianos</BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite">someone else has tuned? I know by =
the time
you get to the last 1-2</BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite">octaves, they're going to be =
sharpish if
you've correctly stretched your</BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite">octaves, but even so, I'm still =
bringing it
down. Is the high treble more</BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite">inclined to go super-sharp with =
humidity due
to the short scale, or am I</BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite">legitimately cleaning up after
over-compensation?</BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite">How do you aural tuners out there =
make out
your octaves in that highest</BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite">treble zone? Can you describe what =
you're
hearing? I know that for me, I</BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite">am listening with a tuner's ear =
and checking
with a musician's ear at that</BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite">point. How about you?</BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Several years ago when I was tuning for a lot of professional =
musicians,
I noticed that the hearing trauma level of clients is proportional to =
their
desire for more treble stretch (symptoms which give away the level of
someone's trauma level include - can't hear conversation at parties - =
client
requests voicing levels which are unusually bright - can't tune with a =
vacuum
cleaner going in the same room - can't tune with air =
conditioning
background noise).</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Similarly, I've noticed that many senior technicians tune the =
high treble
way high. One 'tuner', who has thankfully since retired, was quite =
fond of
pulling top C up to the E fl above. As our hearing rolls off as we =
age, we
prefer the treble stretch to be wider. I don't know why, but its a =
conclusion
I've drawn, tuning from 22 years of age to 51.</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff>Speaking of deteriorating faculties, just =
as an
aside.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff>In my home town out west from Sydney 350 =
miles, an
elderly (80+) man visited the local GP recently and complained about =
his aches
and pains and the difficulty he was having pushing the lawn mower. The =
young
GP, who is well known for her sense of humour replied, "don't complain =
****,
most blokes your age are pushing up daisies not cutting them
off".</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Ron O.</DIV><X-SIGSEP><PRE>--
</PRE></X-SIGSEP>
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