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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Soopertooner, Sooper#*@*#</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A href="mailto:SooperTooner@AOL.COM"
title=SooperTooner@AOL.COM>SooperTooner@AOL.COM</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
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title=pianotech@ptg.org>pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, July 03, 2001 =
10:33
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> New kid on the =
block</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>Hi all. I'm =
a "newbie"
at this. I've tuned 17 pianos in the last 3 months so <BR>am a little =
past
getting my feet wet now. I think I've found a different way <BR>to =
tune pianos
and the people I've tuned for say it sounds good. I was <BR>watching =
the tuner
work on our BIG grand piano (not a baby grand for sure!!!) <BR>at =
church and
after he was done I went home and got my cassette recorder. <BR>It's a =
good
one, Japanese made I think but way better than Radio Shack. <BR>Anyway =
I
started at the left side of the piano, yelled "Number ONE...Number
<BR>TWO...etc" into the microphone and recorded each note all the way =
up to
the <BR>furthest one on the right. (I'm not a musician so I'm not sure =
what
the names <BR>of the notes are.) Pretty neat, huh. The way I figure =
it, now
I've got a <BR>recording of a tuning by a professional tuner on a BIG =
grand
piano so I'd say <BR>that I've got a pretty good "template" to base MY =
tunings
on now. Like I <BR>said, the people I've tuned for liked the way their =
pianos
sounded. <BR><BR>We have another piano downstairs in the Sunday school =
so to
try out my tuning <BR>method I opened her up, played the first =
sound on
the tape and used a small <BR>socket wrench and yanked on the black =
pegs until
they sounded like the note <BR>on the tape. Then I went to #2 and so =
on. That
worked until I got to about <BR>7-8 notes and then there were TWO =
wires on
each note. That got a little <BR>tricky! But NOT as tricky as further =
along
where the wires got really skinny <BR>and there were THREE of them at =
a time.
Oh Boy!! I thought. What am I in for <BR>now? Well it took longer than =
I
thought (about 7 hours) but I got through <BR>that rascal. Now (after =
17
pianos) I'm down to about 20 minutes. Experience <BR>sure does count =
for
something. <BR><BR>Has anyone else tried this method? I'd be willing =
to talk
anyone through it <BR>that's interested. Hell, we're all in this =
together
aren't we? One hand <BR>washes the other. I believe that trade secrets =
like
this one should be shared <BR>for the benefit of all people so I've =
got
nothing to hide. Who knows, you <BR>might know something and be able =
to help
me sometime. <BR><BR>I do have one question. When it took me 7 hours I =
charged
the customer $20. <BR>Now that it takes me 20 minutes do you think =
it's fair
to STILL charge $20 or <BR>should I be charging $1.00 ( Roughly =
$20
divided by 21)? Any suggestions <BR>greatly appreciated. =
<BR><BR>That's all
for now. It's nice to have others to swap ideas and stories with. =
<BR>I've
always been a team player. <BR><BR>Next time I'll tell you all how my =
repair
went on some broken plastic (or <BR>nylon) things in a piano called a =
"Betsy
Ross". Isn't that a stupid name for <BR>a piano? Next there'll be an =
"Opray
Winfrey" piano. It was a real nice one <BR>though. I repaired the =
parts with
pieces of Rigatoni pasta but don't want to <BR>"spill the Fagioli" =
until I see
if it works or not. Stay tuned!!! More next <BR>time. <BR><BR>Douglas =
Vitreous
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