<!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 5.50.4915.500" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Tommy, so you're = using a C fork, huh? Well, you're probably a good enough tuner to get A right on. It's = just that for the last, I don't know, twenty years maybe, people have been trained = using an A fork. I say, if you feel comfortable with a C fork, and are a good = enough tuner, who cares?  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    After checking some = less accomplished tuner's work in my area, and after having a pretty hard day = of it, I'm inclined to just say "Hey, at least he's using a fork."</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Last thing of the = day, had to do an on-site for the Motorola Jazz Festival here in Phoenix. Well, it's = Chandler, but how many of you are going to know where that is? Anyway, they had = the Yamaha CFS III in a tent at the San Marcos Hotel. Got there and the sound check = is going on and on and on. Natch.  Finally I shooed them off. I got = them to turn the little ceiling fans that were directly over the piano off, but = while I was tuning I noticed this bass humming sound coming from the AC thing = that they had rigged up. It was really pretty funny tuning into the bass with this = sub-sonic beat going on. I actually got to one note, I think it was D#1, = and it had about a four beat per second thing going on there, so I tuned the = unison to four beats, and listened to it, sounded pretty good. That got me to = thinking; ( I know, a dangerous pastime) and I don't think I've had one on-site = which was quiet in the last year. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV>Kevin E. Ramsey<BR><A href="mailto:ramsey@extremezone.com">ramsey@extremezone.com</A></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE 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=Bigeartb@aol.com = href="mailto:Bigeartb@aol.com">Bigeartb@aol.com</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> Saturday, April 27, 2002 = 12:29 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: C fork/A = fork</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Ya'll:<BR>     Now I'm real = confused. Can I use my "C" fork or is it "illegal". I'm <BR>still using the same "C" = fork that set the pitch for concerts and recording <BR>sessions for Ray Charles, = Count Basie and  numerous other artist. I hope they <BR>don't find out = that I tuned their piano with an unacceptable , illegal fork. <BR>Well, the = Count isn't  with us any more <BR>but the others might hear. <BR>     I know....we're debating and splitting = "frog hair" and I'm just playing <BR>with ya'll.....but I still plan to = continue to use my "C" fork give or take <BR>whatever mathematical difference . Am = I tuning A at .....440.000000009 or <BR>what?<BR>Tommy Black<BR>Decatur, = Ala.</BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>