after ring revisited

Jorgensen, Michael L jorge1ml@cmich.edu
Wed, 29 Jan 2003 12:44:00 -0500


And the easiest persons to bluff are other bluffs.   (high % of musicians)

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> 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
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> > 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
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> > Have a list of "personal escapes" ready tricky situations,
> >
> > -Mike
> > Always interested in aquiring useful escapes.
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> > > 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.
> > >
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