tuning environment

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Terry Peterson



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From: pianotune05@comcast.net
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Subject: tuning environment
Date: Sat, 04 Feb 2006 00:37:01 +0000


Hi Everyone,
I know it's not a technical question per sae, but I like hearing about other 
technician's experiences.  What has been yoru worst tuning environment?  
Today I tuned a piano at a nursing home, an Acrosonic.  The people were 
great, but it always throws me off when someone comesup and asks me a 
question such as, "Have you found that lost chord yet." I was making sure my 
thirds matched up evenly.  It was great, and I scheduled them for their next 
tuning already plus one of the employees there scheduled me to tune her 
piano in two weeks.  It was a great experience, but it's hard to tune with 
lots of background activity.  What do you guys do in that situation, besides 
make the best of it.?:)
Marshall
ps. It was a great tuning all around however, plus they offered me lunch!  
Awesome chili and corn bread.
-------------- Original message --------------
From: Susan Kline <skline@peak.org>

 > At 03:57 PM 2/3/2006 -0800, Horace wrote:
 > >Actually that has been done a number of times. When I was more active in
 > >institutional work, I used to do it for demonstration purposes...it does
 > >get folks' attention.
 >
 > I'm sure it does!
 >
 > >Also, I know specifically of one major contemporary venue in which this
 > >was done to the primary concert instrument...no, the technician who did 
it
 > >is no longer employed there.
 >
 > Ready for a different sort of institution, I would guess ... well, there 
is
 > more than one way to tell an employer to "take this job and shove it."
 >
 > sssssssssnn
 >
 >
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