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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Hi John,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>I had to laugh at the first line! <grin> =
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>No steroids. Just a mix of rest, exercise, =
good eatin',
and a few vitamins & minerals for good measure. =
:-)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Actually, the only thing that hurt a bit was the =
hand that
works the tuning hammer. Even got a small blister. But after =
a day
of different kind of work, I'm all back to my usual self. (And I =
was
pretty tired. They didn't ask me to do the tunings 'till I had =
already
worked for about 4 hours... But a little sleep took care of
that.)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>I haven't used an ETD yet. I've looked at the
advertisements, and maybe wish a bit from time to time, but for the time =
being,
I'm an aural tuner. I've been toying with Tunelab a bit, but I =
don't have
a laptop computer, so it's pretty much academic for now. I would =
like to
see if I could use an ETD to make me a better aural tuner. We'll
see. But one thing about the 'marathon tuning', it was good for me =
in that
I got to set 10 temperaments on 10 different pianos, the speed of which =
improved
as I went, and they actually got better as I went. (Practice makes =
perfect...or at least we move in that direction...) I was going =
too fast,
and they were in pretty bad tune for me to play with more or less =
stretch in the
octaves. That'll have to be for another day! :-)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>I have the next week off, so I'll catch up on my =
R&R for
sure!! :-) </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Hope you have a nice holiday weekend.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Brian Trout</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Quarryville, PA</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><A
href="mailto:btrout@desupernet.net">btrout@desupernet.net</A></FONT></D=
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><B>-----Original =
Message-----</B><BR><B>From:
</B>John M. Formsma <<A
=
href="mailto:jformsma@dixie-net.com">jformsma@dixie-net.com</A>><BR>=
<B>To:
</B><A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> =
<<A
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href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>><BR><B>Date:
</B>Thursday, September 02, 1999 10:29 PM<BR><B>Subject: </B>RE: =
Marathon
tuning<BR><BR></DIV></FONT>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=670260602-03091999>Dear Brian =
Schwarzeneggar,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=670260602-03091999></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=670260602-03091999>Send me whatever steroids you are taking, =
and I'll
wrestle some Baldwins, too. :-)</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=670260602-03091999></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=670260602-03091999>May you rest well over this 4-day =
weekend.
:-) You deserve it. Congratulations.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=670260602-03091999></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=670260602-03091999>John Formsma</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=670260602-03091999></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=670260602-03091999>P.S. Did you tune these aurally or
electronically?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=670260602-03091999></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=670260602-03091999></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
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