[pianotech] Idea for journal page, (Ed?)

[Susan Kline]

During a big pitch raise, after the first pass, I say, "I've just told 
the piano that the ball park is three blocks in THAT direction."

Good idea, Ed.

Susan

Ed Foote wrote:
> Greetings,
>    Oh how the mind doth wander,drifting into idea-land as the 6th 
> octave marches beneath our tuning hammer.  What wandered into mine 
> this a.m. was an idea for a page in the Journal.  Depending on what 
> our astute Mr. Sutton thinks best, it could be as short or as long as 
> publication imperatives dictate.  It can be broadly based, easily 
> edited and will write itself. 
>     I would like to see a compilation of analogies.  Ones that we use 
> in our work, with customers. Among us, I bet there are hundreds of 
> them.    I imagine many of us that use the same ones, but I know there 
> are some effective, off-the-wall explanations I would never have 
> thought of, by myself.  If we compiled all the ones that successfully 
> illustrate to the customer what their piano needs, we could all 
> improve our marketing.
>     They could be grouped by topic, ie,  analogies for pitch raises, 
> another group for regulations, regular tuning, or voicing (a subject 
> which lends itself to all sorts of comparisons; esoteric, esthetic, 
> and otherwise).  Maybe a ground rule or two as we start,  to keep it 
> simple and easy to edit.  Maybe, two lines per analogy, only, and we 
> all agree to steal and be stolen from, plagiarising with impunity. If 
> somebody has to keep their secret weapon secret, don't put it out there. 
>
>   So,  here is two of mine that seem to connect the majority of the time. 
>                Inre a pitch raise:  I frame it like trying to turn a 
> rough pasture (their present condition), into a golf green(that 
> velvety smoothness from clean octaves and unisons).  It simply can't 
> be done in one pass.
>  
> Inre regulation: Trying to control an out of regulation piano is like 
> trying to drive a car that only has half enough air in the tires.  You 
> can get from one place to another, but not with any control, and it's 
> work instead of fun.  
> Just a thought...
>
> Ed Foote RPT
> http://www.piano-tuners.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html
>  
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