<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" = 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@01C50B5C.DD604DA0">  <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> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman" = id="role_document"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>I would have told him, in a nice way of = course<span class=GramE>, <span = style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>that</span> the computer is only another set of ears which calculates only a theoretical = curve for the tuning.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>While it = can serve as a guideline for the <span class=GramE>tuning <span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>I</span> retain sole veto power = when the theoretical curve and the musical reality are in conflict. <span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span = style='font-size: 12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=navy face="Times New = Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy;mso-no-proof:yes'>David Love<br> <a = href="mailto:davidlovepianos@comcast.net">davidlovepianos@comcast.net</= a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=navy face="Times New = Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy;mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p> </o:p><= /span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=navy face="Times New = Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy;mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p> </o:p><= /span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span = style='font-size: 12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 = face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original = Message-----<br> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> = pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <b><span = style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Piannaman@aol.com<br> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Saturday, February = 05, 2005 12:53 AM<br> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> pianotech@ptg.org<br> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Not what I = signed up for</span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 = face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 = color=black face=Verdana><span = style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>Hi List,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 = color=black face=Verdana><span = style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'> <o:p></o= :p></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 = color=black face=Verdana><span = style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>Just a little vent...I got a call a few weeks back from a woman I'd tuned an Acrosonic for about 5 months ago, saying the piano needed to be = retuned.  Okay, It was some 30 cents flat or so, o that makes sense.  = <o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 = color=black face=Verdana><span = style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'> <o:p></o= :p></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 = color=black face=Verdana><span = style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>When I arrived on the scene, the bass sounded kind of crappy, and the treble = had gone fairly far flat.  And some of the aging rubber lifter grommets = were clicking in the forks.  NO big deal.  The lady of the house = who I had worked for before was not home.  Instead, a rather CEO looking man = came to the rather large door of the huge and well-appointed house on the golf cours.  <o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 = color=black face=Verdana><span = style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'> <o:p></o= :p></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 = color=black face=Verdana><span = style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>We discussed the situation.  I explained that even with the best = possible tuning by the best tuner in the world, the Acro would never sound as = "in tune" as their son's Charles Walter studio that I also tune.  = He explained that he understood that, but that they just wanted it to play = at family gatherings.  Given their apparent financial situation, I = gently pointed out that they would get far more musical satisfaction from a = better quality instrument, and that they should limit their expectations for = this one.  Blah, blah, blah.  <o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 = color=black face=Verdana><span = style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'> <o:p></o= :p></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 = color=black face=Verdana><span = style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>Then he saw my pocket PC and asked about the Tunelab program.  I = explained a bit about it, at which point he told me that he wanted me to tune to the computer.  I said okay, but as I tuned, it became apparent to me = that my ear did not agree with what I was seeing, especially in the upper octaves.  This is precisely where he came in to watch me tune, = silent as a statue, for a good 30 minutes.  <o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 = color=black face=Verdana><span = style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'> <o:p></o= :p></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 = color=black face=Verdana><span = style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>What it boils down to is that I work for myself for many reasons, the biggest = one being that I don't have to be told what to do.  This situation was aggravating.  It was evident that the man of the house was used to = telling people what to do and getting his way most of the time.  I'm used = to using MY judgement, not that of a person without a musical bone in his = body.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 = color=black face=Verdana><span = style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'> <o:p></o= :p></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 = color=black face=Verdana><span = style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>The tuning was way too stretched in the treble, to the point of having = octaves that were strident, but I did it the way he had asked.   I hope his = wife is happy with it(and/or him...(-:).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 = color=black face=Verdana><span = style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'> <o:p></o= :p></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 = color=black face=Verdana><span = style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>Thanks for listening,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 = color=black face=Verdana><span = style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'> <o:p></o= :p></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 = color=black face=Verdana><span = style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>Dave Stahl<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> </div> </body> </html>