deaf piano tuner

[Peter Burns]

Greetings Issac- a Death tuner?  No wonder business is slow for me!  I did
have a customer say the very same thing once; she asked if  it was ok to put
the washing machine on; because her last tuner was deaf, and tuned by
vibration!  The piano certainly sounded like the last tuner was deaf,
although this is impossible- people get confused between deaf and blind.
Regards
--- Original Message -----
From: "Isaac sur Noos" <oleg-i@noos.fr>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 7:57 AM
Subject: RE: deaf piano tuner


> You can tune octaves and unisons by feel (in some parts of the scale),
> but never know for sure if you where hearing or not - only forcing me
> to not listen. Could a death tuner recognize beat rates by this
> process, why not up to some point but that may no be very precise
> considering all the false beats and noise involved.
>
> Death (and blind) people develop a sense of touch to a point we don't
> imagine only close your eyes while tuning and you will know what I
> mean.
>
> nuth to say hammers may be good enough for that to work.
>
> A pianist have described me how he've seen once, in a very little town
> in Italy, a couple of tuners, a very old one and a young one, then the
> older one was holding the tuning hammer but was not hearing correctly,
> and the younger stay aside, saying him "Basta !" when the note was at
> pitch ! (tales of the other side)
>
> Back to that black poly polishing (I like that dust to the most !)
>
> Cheers
>
> Isaac OLEG
>
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> > -----Message d'origine-----
> > De : pianotech-bounces@ptg.org
> > [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]De la
> > part de Robin Hufford
> > Envoye : jeudi 24 juillet 2003 08:05
> > A : Pianotech
> > Objet : Re: deaf piano tuner
> >
> >
> > Personally, I don't believe any person could in fact tune a piano by
> > "vibrations", even if that person himself thought so, and
> > that  this is too
> > incredible to believe.  I use the word incredible to
> > maintain the decorum of the
> > list.
> > Regards, Robin Hufford
> >
> > "Elian Degen J." wrote:
> >
> > > 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
> > > >
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