<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <html 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=ProgId content=Word.Document> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 10"> <meta name=Originator content="Microsoft Word 10"> <link rel=File-List href="cid:filelist.xml@01C5E054.39469990">  <style>  </style>  </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple = style='tab-interval:.5in' id="role_body" bottomMargin=7 leftmargin=7 topmargin=7 rightMargin=7> <div class=Section1> Dave,<o:p></o:p><= /span> <o:p> </o:p> I have found that ear plugs really = help in such a situation. They do a great job of filtering incoherent noise = which is what the reverberations are. I use the inexpensive silicone putty you = can find in any drug store. They cover the ear opening, do not insert into the = canal. You can adjust how much they dampen by how tight you pack them in. Try it, = you’ll like it. <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <div> Dean<o:p></o:p></fon= t> Dean May       &nbs= p;     cell 812.239.3359<o:p></o:p> PianoRebuilders.co= m   = 812.235.5272<o:p></o:p> Terre Haute = IN  = 47802<o:p></o:p> </div> <o:p> </o:p> -----Original = Message----- From: = pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Piannaman@aol.com Sent: Thursday, November = 03, 2005 2:19 AM To: pianotech@ptg.org Subject: More reasons = this job is interesting <o:p> </o:p> <div> Tuning a cheapo asian grand in a living room that looked like an exhibit hall = in the louvre, with white french provinicial furniture, 30 foot ceilings, and a = marble floor wasn't that fun.  In fact, I've had nightmare fantasies about = this very thing.  Sort of like if you were tuning a piano in that scene = where the starchild is born in "2001, a Space Odyssey."  The = echoes were nearly impossible to distinguish from the beats in the = unisons.  But it WAS a unique environment to be = sure.<o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p= > </div> <div> From there, it was on to theCapital Club, on the 17th floor of that = bastion of Conservatism, the Knight-Ridder Building in downtown San Jose, where I = replaced a string, tuned, and gave an estimate for an action bracket replacement = on a Young Chang 157(the estimate was NOT low!).  Watching the planes = arrive and depart from the nearby airport was quite a = trip!<o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p= > </div> <div> Seldom is the day when I don't have something interesting to offer my wife in = the way of dinner table conversation!  (at least I think it's = intersting...:-)<o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p= > </div> <div> As Bill Ballard says, may life give you interesting = pianos,<o:p></o:p> </div> <div> (and, I'll add, interesting situations in which to tune = them!)<o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p= > </div> <div> Dave Stahl<o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p= > </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p= > </div> </div> </body> </html>