More reasons this job is interesting

[Piannaman@aol.com]

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Dean,
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I WAS using earplugs!  I use them all the time.  Without them,  this=20
situation would have been completely intolerable.  A set of studio  headphon=
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have done the trick.
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Thanks,
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Dave
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In a message dated 11/3/2005 8:19:46 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, =20
deanmay@pianorebuilders.com writes:

Dave,=20
I have found that ear  plugs really help in such a situation. They do a grea=
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job of filtering  incoherent noise which is what the reverberations are. I=20
use the inexpensive  silicone putty you can find in any drug store. They cov=
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the ear opening, do  not insert into the canal. You can adjust how much they=
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dampen by how tight  you pack them in. Try it, you=E2=80=99ll like it. =20
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Dean=20
Dean May              cell 812.239.3359=20
PianoRebuilders.com    812.235.5272=20
Terre Haute IN   47802
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From:  pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behal=
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Of  Piannaman@aol.com
Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 2:19  AM
To:  pianotech@ptg.org
Subject:  More reasons this job is interesting=20
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Tuning  a cheapo asian grand in a living room that looked like an exhibit=20
hall in the  louvre, with white french provinicial furniture, 30 foot ceilin=
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and a  marble floor wasn't that fun.  In fact, I've had nightmare fantasies=20=
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about this very thing.  Sort of like if you were tuning a piano in that  sce=
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where the starchild is born in "2001, a Space Odyssey."  The echoes  were=20
nearly impossible to distinguish from the beats in the unisons.  But  it WAS=
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unique environment to be  sure.
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>From  there, it was on to theCapital Club, on the 17th floor of that bastion=
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of  Conservatism, the Knight-Ridder Building in downtown San Jose, where I =20
replaced a string, tuned, and gave an estimate for an action bracket =20
replacement on a Young Chang 157(the estimate was NOT low!).  Watching  the=20=
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arrive and depart from the nearby airport was quite a  trip!
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Seldom  is the day when I don't have something interesting to offer my wife=20
in the way  of dinner table conversation!  (at least I think it's =20
intersting...:-)
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As Bill  Ballard says, may life give you interesting  pianos,
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(and,  I'll add, interesting situations in which to tune  them!)
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Dave  Stahl
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