<!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 6.00.2900.2627" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It has been said that one of the = ingredients used to moth proof hammers was the addition of arsenic.  Our noses are = stuck inside pianos all day with the hammer cutting into the felt releasing = all this moth proofing stuff to suck in our noses.  I have never heard it = denied that arsenic was/is used.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jim</FONT></DIV> <DIV>James Grebe<BR>Piano-Forte Tuning & Repair<BR>Creator of = Handsome Hardwood Caster Cups, piano benches, writing instruments<BR>(314) = 608-4137<BR><A href="http://www.JamesGrebe.com">WWW.JamesGrebe.com</A><BR>1526 = Raspberry Lane<BR>Arnold, MO 63010<BR>BECOME WHAT YOU BELIEVE!<BR><A href="mailto:pianoman@accessus.net">pianoman@accessus.net</A></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=edwithen@ortelco.net = href="mailto:edwithen@ortelco.net">Ed Carwithen</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">PTG Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, June 15, 2005 = 11:08 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Dry Throat?</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I keep having trouble with irritated = throat while tuning.  Does anyone else?  After a day of several tunings = my throat feels as if I have gone through a very long ardurous choral = rehearsal.  I have to have lozenges (sp) in my pocket at all times or I suffer major = coughing fits.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Years ago, while studying at Eastman = School of Music I had to do a presentation on tunings, and I played a recording = of ascending tones.  A very odd reaction occurred in which many of = the people in the class experienced a throat constriction as the pitch = being heard reached the top of their vocal range.  This was obvious as people = swallowed, or clutched at their throats as the sensation hit = them.  We all laughed at it at the time.  Now I wonder if, in tuning, I am unconsciously matching the pitches I am sounding with a tightening of = my vocal chords.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>  Does this problem resonate = with anyone else?  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ed Carwithen</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>John Day, OR</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>