<!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 6.00.2800.1226" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jars of Clay is indeed a well-known = Christian Rock Group.  Right now they are-and have been for a couple of years-very = hot with Christian youth.  They are loud, I'm sure, since that's the = name of the game these days.  I almost never attend a concert by a = Christian Rock group, but I have attended other groups from Southern Gospel to = contemporary Christian middle of the road groups.  All of them are loud.  I  ALWAYS take a set of ear plugs to protect my hearing.  = I have decided that if I want to make lots of money in the next 20 years I need = to invest in hearing aid companies--nearly everyone over 40 will be wearing = hearing aids by then!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joy!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Elwood</FONT></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=mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">Farrell</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, December 14, 2003 = 3:55 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Concert Tuning</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello Listees,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Did one of my rather infrequent = concert tunings today (dude called me yesterday). Anyone ever heard of a christian = rock band (I assume it's rock-type stuff) called Jars of Clay? I had = not.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>These dudes had some serious = equipment on stage - place was a large church - but their equipment looked more appropriate = for a stadium. Anyway, the piano. About a 1958 Sorry & Cluck console. = I'll bet any one of the 37 guitars on stage cost many, many times what that = piano might be worth. And the piano was Ok shape generally, but had a real bad = killer octave and about a dozen strings that sounded like they belonged on = some other type of instrument. Why is it these poor-performing pianos persist in environments where it is obvious the funds are available for something = that plays and sounds OK?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Piano was 5 to 20 cents sharp. I was = there at 2 pm as requested with sound check scheduled at 3 pm. I am not a fast = tuner. I turned one pin on each string in the tenor and treble about twice as = flat as the set was sharp and then tuned. Finished in 55 minutes and then had = about 10 minutes to clean up unisons. That is about as fast as I have ever = tuned a piano where a pitch change was needed. I sounded about as good as it = would likely get even with quite a bit more time/effort. Fortunately the = piano player seemed to be a fairly laid-back type and made some statement = indicating that he was cognizant of the time constraints.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Then sound check. Geeeezzzz. I wonder = how smart I am when once in a while I crank up my stereo in the car. People were = sitting in the audience during sound check stuff. I had to get out of there - = It was louder than Led Zepplin and The Who put together.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Just felt like belly-aching a bit. = Anyone ever hear of that band? I guess I am assuming they were <EM>christian</EM> rock?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Oh, and BTW, just curious, anyone = care to share what they might commonly charge for a concert tuning - on short notice = - given only a one-hour window of time - on a Sunday afternoon? I was just = going to charge (normal tuning fee) X 2, but I can easily imagine justifying = additional fees for the timing of it all, etc.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>