Perhaps, like Jason, I simply lack a sense of humor. I don't think Jason was joking. I know I am not. Is this a list for professional piano technicians and those aiming for that, or is this a list for hobbyist jokesters who prefer working on vacuum cleaners? The advice was to get a good fork. It is good advice. Buy two and call us in the morning. Sincerely, Terry Farrell ----- Original Message ----- >> Philippe, I fear that you are serious about this. > > Do you ? Really ? Waow... Cool... I didn't know I was THAT good ;-) > > You know, In french, Well no... probably only here in brussels, I think... > We have a word for that kind of joke... > It would translate to something like "to blow a bag". you know, it's like > when you take a paper bag like they put bread in it (I hope you use the > same bag for the bread we do...) you put air in it and then you close it's > end and hit it with you open hand to make it explode... > > Well, my point is : Never do that with a vacuum cleaner bag (lol) > > Philippe > > Ps : In fact my real plan, since I own a very old piano with a wooden > frame > and which I'm not even sure I can raise to A440 without breaking it, and > since I was an IT guy and quite good at mathematical programming, was > to write my own program to analyse the stretching needed by the strings, > and then produce my own reference sound set, to be able to check string > per string, not needing to rebuild the whole temperament each time it > changes... > ... and then, I tune it to the fan of my computer's power supply > The only risk is that I will have to shut down the fans of my processor > and > graphics chips that could give false beats ;-) > > > ----- Original Message ----- > >> Philippe, I fear that you are serious about this. The idea of using a > vacuum >> cleaner as a pitch source is nonsense; forget it. Buy a tuning fork >> immediately. >> >> At 19:07 3/2/2006, you wrote: >> >Hi, >> > >> >I'm new to tuning too and I don't have a tuning fork yet, I'd like to >> >try the vacuum cleaner tuning first. >> >a few questions :
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