And the easiest persons to bluff are other bluffs. (high % of musicians) > ---------- > From: Joe And Penny Goss > Reply To: College and University Technicians > Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 12:39 PM > To: College and University Technicians > Subject: Re: after ring revisited > > > Have a list of "personal escapes" ready tricky situations, > Or as my granpappy use to say, "you'll never make a good ( ----------- ) > lessun you can BS. > Joe Goss > imatunr@srvinet.com > www.mothergoosetools.com > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > Have a list of "personal escapes" ready tricky situations, > > > > -Mike > > Always interested in aquiring useful escapes. > > > > > ---------- > > > From: Wimblees@aol.com > > > Reply To: College and University Technicians > > > Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 8:35 PM > > > To: caut@ptg.org > > > Subject: after ring revisited > > > > > > Our mezzo is giving a recital this evening, with the accompanist, who is > not a member of the faculty here, using our new D. This afternoon, after > tuning the piano, I went home, because I'm sick with the flu and a bronchial > condition. At 7 o'clock, the mezzo calls me, and says the low D on the piano > is "funky" and could I come and fix it. I drive to school, (which is 15 > minutes away), and meet with the accompanist. He says last piece ends with a > loud d chord, and the low D continues to ring on. I play the note, and guess > what? The damper stops the note, but it is the overtones that are continuing > to ring, for at least 1.5 seconds. I tell him there is nothing wrong, and > it's supposed to be that way. He says he has never heard it that loud and > that long before on other pianos. I went over to our other D, and played the > same note, with the same intensity, and had the same result, just to prov! e > to him that they all sound that way. > > > > > > So if there is nothing wrong, and it's supposed to be that way, how do I > explain that there is nothing wrong to an accomplished musician? > > > > > > Wim > > > Univ. of Alabama. > > > > > > I'm going home to bed now. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > _______________________________________________ > caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > >
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