If I remember well I think he only had two hands, do not recall seing the third one, But he did feel something and manage to tune a couple of notes to show me, and he was travelling with an interpreter, he did a couple of notes on the piano I was tuning, and for obvious resons I did not have a long conversation with him. Cannot tell you more Elian I did remember, I met him at Hotel Lido in Caracas, ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Nossaman" <RNossaman@cox.net> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 18:53 Subject: Re: deaf piano tuner > > >Sorry Richard > >but it seems it is true > > > >I did meet one long time ago in Venezuela, he was at a hotel visiting, I > >do not remember from where, I do remember he mentioned he used to be a > >piano tuner and he lost his hearing, and he showed me how he could feel > >vibes with the palm of your hand. It is impressive, and now I know it is > >possible, I do not know if I could do it though > > > >Elian Degen > > > Let's see. One hand on the tuning hammer, the other on the keys, and the > other feeling for vibrations? Must be a graduate of the area 51 school of > piano technology, Andromeda division. > > Ron N > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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