>What has been yoru worst tuning environment?< Hi Marshall, Had to tune one of the hire grands (c-7) at a jazz festival last summer, while the band playing before the ones i was tuning the piano for, were doing their rehearsing on the stage with me!!! (someone at the festivals organization wasnt that organized after all... long story) It was an open air event and the piano had been out in the heat all afternoon, and at 11pm the temperature difference was of easily 10-15º (celsius) meaning of course the tuning was... well, not even "good enough for jazz" So i put the lid on the "half" position, and put the transit cover on as closer to me as i could, turned on RCT... and voila! It was amazing how RCT could listen to the whole piano with that "ground shaking" noice on such small stage. Not only that, but the tuning was actually pretty good considering :) oh, and screaming kids, noisy neigbourghs in flats, builders knocking walls down... are noisy too! Regards, Patrick P.S.: isn't it great when customers offer nice food!! > > 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 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives Patrick Hinves Ballesta Afinador/Técnico 610442371 PIANISSIMO PIANOFORTE S.L.
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