Ray, I just spent 3 years in Okinawa, my wife and I were at Kadena Air Force Base, she was Navy. Your story is very familiar to me! I did a little piano tuning while I was there, I meet a couple of piano players there in the band. I don't remember the guys names now but I always enjoyed hearing them play. Go Marines! Hang in there. I appreciate the job you are doing. -Garret >From: RIrvingbas@AOL.COM >Reply-To: pianotech@ptg.org >To: pianotech@ptg.org >Subject: Re: harp temp >Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 15:33:30 EST > >Hi there list, > >We have a very talented harpist in my unit, The United States Army Field >Band, and I can say for sure that she tunes dead on with the tuner, without >stretching. This is the same way that all of our keyboard percussion >instruments were tuned at the factories. This does occasionally result in >clashes with the “tunable” instruments, such as the clarinets, >trumpets, >and, yes, my own double bass (which I also tune pure). Of course I can more >easily adjust to those around me than the harp can. > >I happen to be the band's piano technician, as well as playing in the >concert >band. I can't count the number of times a clarinetist will tune their Bb >with >one of my pianos, and then are surprised that they are still out of tune >with >it. That's when I give the standard “the piano is tempered but you are >not” >lecture. Ah well. That's the way it goes sometimes. Working for Uncle Sam >as >a member of the military is never dull, fur shure. > >Ray Irving > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com
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