<HTML style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-FAMILY: MS Sans Serif"><HEAD> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2802" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV> <DIV>Marshall,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>When the environment gets too noisy, I just put in my ear plugs (20dB musician's plugs) and pound a little harder.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Worst environment?  9' yamaha at the arena, for a travelling revival meeting.  Gospel group waiting to rehearse, lead singer looking over my shoulder while strumming his guitar......</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Mike</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV></DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=pianotune05@comcast.net href="mailto:pianotune05@comcast.net"></A></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To: </B><A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> 2/3/2006 6:37:02 PM </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> tuning environment</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=2> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Hi Everyone,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>I know it's not a technical question per sae, but I like hearing about other technician's experiences.  What has been yoru worst tuning environment?  Today I tuned a piano at a nursing home, an Acrosonic.  The people were great, but it always throws me off when someone comesup and asks me a question such as, "Have you found that lost chord yet." I was making sure my thirds matched up evenly.  It was great, and I scheduled them for their next tuning already plus one of the employees there scheduled me to tune her piano in two weeks.  It was a great experience, but it's hard to tune with lots of background activity.  What do you guys do in that situation, besides make the best of it.?:)  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Marshall</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>ps. It was a great tuning all around however, plus they offered me lunch!  Awesome chili and corn bread.  </FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">-------------- Original message -------------- <BR>From: Susan Kline <skline@peak.org> <BR><BR>> At 03:57 PM 2/3/2006 -0800, Horace wrote: <BR>> >Actually that has been done a number of times. When I was more active in <BR>> >institutional work, I used to do it for demonstration purposes...it does <BR>> >get folks' attention. <BR>> <BR>> I'm sure it does! <BR>> <BR>> >Also, I know specifically of one major contemporary venue in which this <BR>> >was done to the primary concert instrument...no, the technician who did it <BR>> >is no longer employed there. <BR>> <BR>> Ready for a different sort of institution, I would guess ... well, there is <BR>> more than one way to tell an employer to "take this job and shove it." <BR>> <BR>> sssssssssnn <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> _______________________________________________ <BR>>! ; Pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives </BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>