Lar, At 07:54 2/16/98 -0800, you wrote: >Hi all again, > ... funny stuff about Phydioux, > I developed the method of pitch raising and tuning >in one trip for a couple of reasons ..... A, B, C, D, E. - If that's a couple, how many is a few?? ;-} > Beau Dahnker pianos work best under water And dey wurk bedder dere dan sum udders do abuf da surf. Friday the Thirteenth strikes again... and some thoughts about it 1. I'm not stupistitious, so my Friday evening will just have to be chalked up to stupididity. I got to my moonlight tuning appointment ready, I thought, to do a S&S B and S&S L. As I started to set up for the first one, I got that sinking feeling in my stomach when I realized I had left a very important piece of equipment in a previous piano. Being about 40 miles away, I wasn't about to just run back and fetch it. NO, it wasn't my tuning fork (though I _have_pulled that trick), it was my "thumper". I settle strings by subjecting them to the hardest blow the piano can deliver, always have, always will. Ten years ago, after carpal tunnel surgery on both wrists, I got to thinking maybe my body was trying to tell me something. Duh... Thumpers have been discussed here before, but it took two tunings to remind me just why _I_ use one. Advil is my friend... 2. The "L" is located in a verrrry good echo chamber of a classroom. Normally, for me, a less than pleasant experience. This time was a piece-o-cake. Why? I was wearing my new earplugs. I highly recommend the "Musicians Earplugs". The flat 15dB attenuation screens out all those nasties. As the founder and sole surviving member of NAPiTePraSTuTe - National Association of PIano TEchnicians PRActicing Safe TUning TEchniques, sometimes referred to as BKTYBB - Be Kind To Your Body Bunch, I would encourage going to classes concerning aches and pains and hearing such as will be offered at this year's convention. If I hadn't just gotten one, I'd certainly be interested in the audiograms and fittings that are being offered. No, I'm not on any convention committee. Conrad Conrad Hoffsommer Office - (319) 387-1204 Acoustic Keyboard Technician - Luther College 700 College Drive, Decorah, Iowa 52101-1045 hoffsoco@martin.luther.edu -or- pno2ner@salamander.com If I had multiple personality disorder, my resume would make more sense.
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