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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>So what on earth is this all =
about?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV>
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color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN class=640501714-05102004>Why =
would someone
change tuners? </SPAN><SPAN class=640501714-05102004>Do you =
recognize
yourself in the following story? If so, it is time for a drastic =
change.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=640501714-05102004><FONT face=Arial =
color=#0000ff size=2>The
tuner arrived in a very loud, very beat up truck that leaked oil all =
over the
driveway. He came in wearing shabby work clothes that judging =
from the
smell had not been washed for a week and were probably slept in the =
night
before. His personal hygiene was such that the lady of the house =
had to
use her dish towel to breathe and left the room quickly after showing =
him to
the piano. For three hours after he left, the room smelled of =
him even
with all the windows and doors open. Of course the open windows =
changed the
temperature in the piano drastically. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=640501714-05102004><FONT face=Arial =
color=#0000ff size=2>His
tool box was huge and metal. It was so big and heavy that he =
seemed to
have trouble carrying it and left several dents in furniture in the =
path from
front door to piano. His box was placed on the ivory carpet and =
when he
left it left several spots. When he picked it up to go it pulled =
a long
piece of yarn out of the carpet. When he put his tools on the =
piano he
left several scratches on the piano case. While tuning, he =
knocked
several spots into the gold plate that are now black.
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<DIV><SPAN class=640501714-05102004><FONT face=Arial =
color=#0000ff size=2>When
he replaced that string that has been gone for several years, there is =
something different about it. It does not look like the ones =
around
it. It wraps around the tuning peg real funny. There is a =
little
sharp piece of piano string that sticks out of two of those tuning =
pegs
now. The wire on all the others is all going around the pin and =
bunched
together, but his new one has the wire crossing itself and all spread
out.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=640501714-05102004><FONT face=Arial =
color=#0000ff size=2>The
hammer he replaced sticks way up above all the other hammers. It =
rubs
the one next to it.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=640501714-05102004><FONT face=Arial =
color=#0000ff size=2>When
he tuned the piano the lady noticed that he did not tune the top five =
or six
notes. They were fine, he said. The lowest bass notes he =
did not
bother with either, You can't hear those anyway, he
said.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=640501714-05102004><FONT face=Arial =
color=#0000ff size=2>When
the lady got the windows all closed having aired out the room, she sat =
down to
the piano to play her nicely tuned piano. She played a while and =
decided
that tuning it really did not make that much difference. She =
wondered
why people always say you should tune your piano regularly. It =
did not
sound all that different and that one that had the missing string was =
all
wonky sounding. She decided that it would be a really long time =
before
she ever had another tuner out to work on her =
piano.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<P><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT face=Arial><STRONG>D.L. =
Bullock
St. Louis<BR></STRONG></FONT><A =
href="http://www.thepianoworld.com/"><FONT
face=Arial><STRONG>www.thepianoworld.com</STRONG></FONT></A><FONT =
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