tuning environment

[William Benjamin]

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One of my favorite was a big house on the hill.   The lady wanted all the
windows in the room open.   Just at the bottom of the hill was a free way
interchange at rush hour.

 

William

 

 

 

 

PIANO BOUTIQUE

William Benjamin

Piano Tuner Extraordinaire

www.pianoboutique.biz

The tuner alone,

preserves the tone.

 

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From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Alan Barnard
Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 9:47 PM
To: Pianotech List
Subject: RE: tuning environment

 

Stick around awhile and you'll experience some tuning environments that'll
make noisy nursing homes seem like a nap on the beach.

 

Lawn mowers, vacuums, screeching 2-year-olds, clocks!!!, loud air
conditioners and furnaces, televisions, and (at Fort Leonard Wood) the
not-so-distant sound of small arms, tank shells, and the engineers blowing
up stuff ... kabooM! ... the fun just keeps on coming.

 

One that was a challenge: Junior high school tuning Hamilton on stage in
gym/auditorium with concrete floor and cinder block walls, boys basketball
team shows up and they each grab a ball and start bouncing, shooting,
shouting, laughing and the SHOES ... sqeak squirk eek scree. I couldn't
complain because I'd gotten held up and was an hour late when I started.

 

And the number one most obnoxious sound? Someone else tuning another piano
in the background. 

 

Alan Barnard

Salem, Missouri

 

 

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From:  <mailto:pianotune05@comcast.net> 

To: Pianotech List <mailto:pianotech@ptg.org> 

Sent: 02/03/2006 6:37:02 PM 

Subject: tuning environment

 

 

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.  

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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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