no fan of overhead fans while tuning

Ron Nossaman rnossaman at cox.net
Fri Aug 3 16:41:00 MDT 2007



> Anyway, if the fans are not on, I turn them on. I just tuned a little 
> Cable-Nelson console yesterday in a hot-house. Fans whirling out a great 
> beat. I hear the beating clearly, but somehow I've learned to be able to 
> simply put it on another channel - I can tune right through it, doesn't 
> bother me a bit. It is certainly better than dripping in sweat during 
> the tuning!

Me too. I did a pitch raise and tuning on a Kimball console, 
and a Winter console, both under ceiling fans. The Winter was 
tougher. It was under *two* fans, which didn't seem to be 
rotating at quite the same speed. Very strange!

Ron N


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