| 单词 | tuner |
| 例句 | My inventive mother solved this problem by going to the mainland and finding a Crisfield piano tuner who could also give lessons. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z A piano tuner works by listening to and timing these beats, rather than by being able to "hear" equal temperament intervals precisely. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Last week I sent a tuner over to my parents’ apartment and had the piano reconditioned, for purely sentimental reasons. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead, the tuner jumped to the next available station, and this time it was a woman’s voice delivering the bad news. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Clearly this was not satisfactory either for keyboard tuners or composers, who were in practical terms restricted to certain keys. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z An online metronome, guitar tuner, blank sheet music, music theory lessons, and music converters are all available at 8notes.com. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z "At the moment," added the organ's tuner, Andrew Scott, "two-thirds of its colours are missing." Wanted: sponsors to restore Royal Festival Hall's organ ? from ?30 a pipe 2010-09-20T15:23:00Z Working by day as a piano tuner, Doc teamed up with local pianist and railroad worker Jack Williams and the two played a variety of styles at parties – from country to jazz to pop. Arthel 'Doc' Watson dies 2012-05-30T02:19:00Z He strikes them with a hammer and then listens while adjusting a mechanical tuner, an instrument that emits light to match the frequency of the note. Forty chimes will ring at Flight 93 National Memorial to honor the 40 killed 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z When the weather is hot and humid, it’s time to call your piano tuner. What do microtones have to do with global warming? Two concerts offer an answer 2017-10-25T04:00:00Z His father, who was blind, was a piano tuner and guitarist. Buddy DeFranco, jazz clarinetist whose career lasted more than 70 years, dies at 91 2014-12-27T05:00:00Z Now the company kicks it up another notch with “Next to Normal,” a Tony Award-winning rock tuner about the family dysfunction sparked by a modern wife and mother plagued by mental illness. Desperate housewives of Moscow and America on Seattle stages 2013-02-07T23:23:09Z This season’s lineup includes tuners devoted to topics such as the Berlin Wall, motherhood, the Freedom Riders and Matthew McConaughey. What’s New in NYC Theater 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z Based on the stage outfits we see, it looks like an old-fashioned tuner, à la “42nd Street” or “Dames at Sea.” ‘According to the Chorus’ Review: Backstage Truths 2023-03-28T04:00:00Z A paucity of glitzy new musicals and the short runs of most "legit" plays did leave room for more offbeat and "niche" debut tuners and a smattering of chewy, if less dynamic, topical dramas. A Broadway update, on the eve of the Tonys 2010-06-13T13:39:00Z Berry is the longtime associate artistic director of the 5th Avenue Theatre, whose latest success for the company was staging the recent ACT/5th Avenue premiere of the snappy new tuner "First Date." 'Rent' with young, local cast, comes due at Seattle's 5th Avenue Theatre 2012-07-20T23:34:09Z And, since this is a Broadway tuner and not simply a post-mortem, there's the imagined humor and romance that surfaced during the sea crossing of some 2,200 people. A sweeping 'Titanic in Concert' at 5th Avenue 2012-04-14T18:21:04Z The number is sung with gusto by an impish trio of jaunty-suited low-rollers in the 5th Avenue Theatre's new airing of the classic tuner. Review: Gamblers and dames ? in fine voice ? hit town in 'Guys and Dolls' 2011-05-23T22:25:04Z Also, the classic musicals "Bye Bye Birdie" and "Into the Woods" and the more recent tuners "We Will Rock You" and "Once" are on area stages. L.A. theater openings, July 13-20: 'Burq Off!,' musicals and more 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z But this season's more intimate tuner, the delectable Broadway bonbon "She Loves Me," triumphs. Oregon Shakespeare Festival celebrates 75th year with intriguing interpretations 2010-06-25T21:24:00Z “How many piano tuners are there in Chicago” or “How much does the Empire State Building weigh?” The 2015 PR Quiz 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z In addition to classy output from 5th Avenue, Village and Paramount theatres, Balagan Theatre, Taproot Theatre and younger troupes like Sound Theatre Company put up impressive tuners. And now: The 2013 Seattle Times Footlight Awards 2013-12-31T22:33:19Z This year, a taste of Hollywood glam, hefty biographies of Broadway and film legends, studies of a beloved musical and a notorious Spidey tuner are good bets for the showbiz mavens on your gift list. Top 5 performing-arts gift books: Hollywood glam, ‘Fiddler’ 2013-12-13T20:56:00Z The spoofy tuner premiered in the backroom of a Toronto comedy club, knocked 'em "dead" in Montreal and New York, and productions are now popping up all over the U.S. and abroad. Grisly shows stalk Seattle stages: 'The Lieutenant of Inishmore,' 'Macbeth,' 'Evil Dead: The Musical' 2010-10-14T23:51:00Z But what's fresh is the energy, wit and pride radiating from the first Broadway tuner to celebrate modern Hispanic-American culture in all its vibrancy and aspiration. Review: Vivacious, zesty 'In the Heights' ? on tour stop in Seattle ? has plenty of high points 2010-10-01T20:49:00Z In his teens, he began to play the guitar and piano, learning the basics from a piano tuner and by listening to records. Pinetop Perkins obituary 2011-03-23T12:11:44Z The lyrics are unflaggingly funny in that fast take-it-or-leave manner that made the American tuner of The Full Monty such a pleasure. 2010-01-14T14:28:00Z His father, Leonardo, an immigrant from Italy, lost his eyesight to an infection and eventually trained to be a piano tuner. Buddy DeFranco, 91, Versatile Jazz Clarinetist, Dies 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z Or will it fizzle fast like “Leap of Faith,” another panned 2012 Broadway tuner about a charismatic evangelist? ‘Scandalous’ doesn’t raise many eyebrows on Broadway | Theater review 2012-11-23T20:02:49Z The hardware symphony is punctuated by the putt-putt of passing motorbikes and, amid the mayhem, a gong tuner searches for the right sound. Thailand’s ‘Gong Highway’ 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z I mean, when I thought my piano was out of tune, I just called the tuner. 2010-01-08T21:25:00Z Sound Theatre Company is presenting the better of the “Wild Party” tuners. ‘The Wild Party’: A racy musical that lets the 1920s roar 2013-08-14T20:38:50Z One of my great friends was the piano tuner. After Michael Brewer: the RNCM teacher's story 2013-02-13T19:30:02Z It's a classic tuner in which people burst into supremely melodic songs whenever something is on their minds. 'God Help the Girl' a tuneful delight 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z Garimella has since turned his hand to everything from robotic violin tuners to algorithms that could help doctors diagnose brain tumours. ‘It's not about your age, it's about your ideas’: the teen power list 2016-12-10T05:00:00Z The bike’s fiberglass fairing, temporarily removed, bears the signature of the British fabricator and tuner Paul Dunstall, whose racing bikes from the 1960s and ’70s are prized by collectors and riders. Matthew Crawford and How to Survive Brain-Eating Distractions 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z The few musical numbers suggest that a “Next to Normal”-style tuner may be lurking within. Long-buried family truths emerge in the dark comedy 'Space' 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z It's also the only tuner you're likely to see this season that has former Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev among its dramatis personae. Russians will romp in the '50s-style Village Theatre musical 'Iron Curtain' 2011-03-10T22:41:04Z The "flash tuner" was "Absolutely harmless to humans!" Eugene Polley, inventor of TV remote, dies at 96 2012-05-22T18:05:12Z Producers, bless 'em, still seem to believe anything can be fodder for a hit stage tuner — a comic book, nearly any movie, even a historical tragedy. Musicals from movies, TV, history try to find footing on slippery Broadway 2010-12-18T01:22:59Z Balagan Theatre will present a trio of world premiere musicals spiked with sex and violence, the local debut of an Off Broadway show, and revivals of two Broadway hit tuners, during the company’s 2014-15 season. Balagan Theatre announces 2014-15 season 2014-04-25T00:06:00Z New and vintage musicals, from mock-horror tuners to family shows to superior revivals and tours of innovative Broadway material, are making the Puget Sound region a genuine mecca for shows that sing and dance. And now: The 2013 Seattle Times Footlight Awards 2013-12-31T22:33:19Z Facing a nearly finished gong hanging from a tree limb, the tuner strikes it dead center with a mallet and listens. Thailand’s ‘Gong Highway’ 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z Lesser-known American tuners are getting British productions that are worth investigating. Theater to Stream: Kristina Wong Runs for Office and ‘Oedipus El Rey’ 2020-11-04T05:00:00Z The depth and candor that mark “Fun Home” are scarce in this small-scaled new tuner at Off Broadway’s Second Stage. On and Off Broadway, doing more with less 2013-12-04T22:00:07Z The musical, adapted from a 2005 film, is an inspirational and rousing tuner about a young Englishman who decides to make boots for drag performers in an effort to save his family’s shoe factory. ‘Kinky Boots’ Will End Its Broadway Run in April 2018-09-29T04:00:00Z Nathan may be a piano tuner by trade, but he is a composer by vocation. Theater Review: Culture Project?s Revival of ?And God Created Great Whales? 2012-02-16T01:03:49Z Also on the season roster is the world premiere of “Something Rotten!,” a new tuner set in Renaissance England. ‘Kinky Boots,’ ‘Carousel’ in 5th Ave’s 2014-15 lineup 2014-02-21T20:45:26Z But the plot is mainly lighthearted, well-padded with a kick-up-your heels picnic, side romances and other staples of 1950s Broadway tuners. A vivacious 'Pajama Game' at Sand Point 2011-09-16T19:55:04Z The piano tuner, Maria Caputo, sat on a rock nearby to tweak the instrument when needed, which was often because of the cold and damp. To Go Big, Sloppy Jane Went Underground 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z The silliest investment I ever made was an early digital tuner. Radio: Bravo Figaro, a story about a builder's love of opera 2013-03-30T06:00:00Z Some stores make the gongs on site, like the one where the gong tuner worked, with its tidy rows of gongs and bells. Thailand’s ‘Gong Highway’ 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z By “Finnegans Wake” consciousness has become a radio transmission network, with masts and tuners beaming, scrambling and decoding all the messages of time and the universe. Tom McCarthy Thinks the Wrong Kurt Vonnegut Book Is Famous 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z His talent caught the attention of a piano tuner who surprised him with an amazing gift - a grand piano. The 11-year-old piano prodigy with Mozart-level talent 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z At 17 branches, you can borrow a ukulele, each with its own case, book of chords and a tuner. How Californians Feel About Ripping Out Their Lawns 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z A piano tuner hears a beat every 2.00 s when listening to a 264.0-Hz tuning fork and a single piano string. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z Each instrument comes with a case, a book of chords and a tuner. 8 little-known things you can check out from L.A. libraries (that aren't books) 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z RLC circuits are used in many electronic systems, most notably as tuners in AM/FM radios. Calculus, Volume 3 2016-03-30T00:00:00Z “The wax is what helps propel you forward,” says Andrew Black, a ski tuner since 2010. How to wax your own skis or snowboard 2022-01-03T05:00:00Z And Ken brings a blue pouch filled with guitar accessories: thumb picks, fingerpicks, a tuner, a battery for the tuner and a few capos. Perspective | A harmonica strikes a discordant note in the airport security line 2021-10-25T04:00:00Z These give rise to the frequency dependence of the circuit, with important “resonance” features that are the basis of many applications, such as radio tuners. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z Underground street racing has long been an illicit part of Los Angeles’ car culture, with boulevards transformed into wide-open stretches of tarmac, ready made for smooth tires, supercharged engine blocks and tuners. Street racing surged during the pandemic. L.A. now wants to crack down 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z Google Search now has a handy built-in tuner, letting you use the microphone on your phone or computer to tune a guitar, Android Police reports. Google Search adds guitar tuner to its smorgasbord of built-in features 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z One of the most famous examples is: How many piano tuners are there in Chicago? How to Solve Any Problem Using Just Common Sense 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z Apparently, the combination of those three things — the plastique-like density of the facial wipes, the metal wires, the mechanism of the tuner — looks suspicious. Perspective | A harmonica strikes a discordant note in the airport security line 2021-10-25T04:00:00Z All it takes is a little device called a TV tuner. Why it's time to rethink cutting the cord -- and 3 smart ways to save 2021-07-02T04:00:00Z A digital tuner ordered from Amazon solved that problem. Pinball, muscle cars and playing guitar. We’re looking for pre-pandemic hobbies to make us feel better. 2021-05-16T04:00:00Z To access the feature, which was added this week, just search for “Google tuner.” Google Search adds guitar tuner to its smorgasbord of built-in features 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z Now the question is how many pianos a tuner can service annually. How to Solve Any Problem Using Just Common Sense 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z They worked hard at restaurants and at a manufacturing plant that made television tuners. After WWII and the Japanese incarceration, they fell in love. At 98, he’s published a memoir. 2021-04-28T04:00:00Z The E.P.A.’s Office of Civil Enforcement, which is largely staffed with career civil servants, has been conducting the investigation into diesel tuners for about five years, since it discovered the cheating by Volkswagen. Illegal Tampering by Diesel Pickup Owners Is Worsening Pollution, E.P.A. Says 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z According to the consent agreement, the EPA estimated that the H&S tuners created an additional 71,669 tons of nitrogen oxides. The struggle to crack down on the cottage industry sabotaging vehicle pollution controls 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z Like other guitar tuning apps, the effectiveness of Google’s tuner seems to depend a lot on the hardware you’re using it with. Google Search adds guitar tuner to its smorgasbord of built-in features 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z Multiply by five days a week, for 50 weeks a year, and that comes out to about 750 pianos per tuner per year. How to Solve Any Problem Using Just Common Sense 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z “So, the tuning hammer and the electronic autostrobe tuner are the two most important things, along with rubber mutes, so I can hear one string at a time,” he noted. Michigan man reflects on more than 50 years of piano tuning 2020-09-06T04:00:00Z The E.P.A. investigators found at least 28 different companies involved with the manufacturing of at least 45 diesel tuners. Illegal Tampering by Diesel Pickup Owners Is Worsening Pollution, E.P.A. Says 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z The clearest evidence is the sheer number of tuners and straight pipes that appear to be openly sold on e-commerce sites, including eBay, and by users on Facebook's Marketplace platform. The struggle to crack down on the cottage industry sabotaging vehicle pollution controls 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z Screenshot: Google.com Like most other guitar tuner apps, I don’t think Google Search’s feature is going to kill off the market for dedicated hardware tuners from the likes of Korg or Boss. Google Search adds guitar tuner to its smorgasbord of built-in features 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z Because of all the bumping and thumping the Steinway endures, he employs a piano tuner named Arpad Maklary, 51, who visits him regularly in Washington Square Park. It’s a Tough Time to Be a Street Musician With a 900-Pound Piano 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z He noted that Daniels was the only person in the business that would ever trust a tone-deaf man like him to be his guitar tuner. Charlie Daniels' friends, fellow musicians pay tribute to late country icon at Tennessee memorial service 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z “He had a spirit about him, I tell you,” said Dumont, a retired piano tuner. Requiem for a milkman - Golf Digest 2020-04-29T04:00:00Z A tuner lets you click on the different services to open up a specific stream from each. A new stunt perfectly demonstrates how a broken streaming system encourages piracy 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z Police said bomb technicians inspected the device and found it to be a piano tuner. Border briefly closes as piano tuner is mistaken for bomb 2019-12-27T05:00:00Z In the Walt Disney Concert Hall’s mostly empty large rehearsal room on Tuesday afternoon, a piano tuner worked on three grands while a photographer set up, fantasizing about a backdrop in this otherwise industrial space. 3 L.A. Phil royals in one room: Dudamel, Mehta and Salonen talk, and make, history 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z A New York City “house tuner” tries to identify and eliminate ambient noises that disturb his wealthy clients. New movies opening in L.A. this week: 'Hustlers,' 'The Goldfinch' and more 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z The Sound of Silence A New York City man works as a “house tuner,” diagnosing the sonic mysteries that plague the human soul. Virtually every film coming out this fall 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z But this good-natured, self-identified “theater geek” — who exudes the assurance and poise of a veteran performer as well as director, writer and musician — loves older tuners, too, and is intrigued by nonmusical dramas as well. At Village Theatre, new artistic head Jerry Dixon aims to wrap his audience in a ‘blanket of joy’ 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z His daughter Melissa Merryman recalls him making his own tuner for their piano. ‘Brilliant’ man who was an inventor of the calculator dies 2019-03-05T05:00:00Z It’s basically a big Surface Pro without a computer, or a tiny TV without a tuner. The Taihe Gemini will sell you on battery-powered monitors 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z Traditionally good ones have an amp, a tuner, a CD player and a turntable for vinyl aficionados. Car Tuneups That Require Audio Engineers 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z Use the multi-band tuner to connect to AM and WB radio — or even just FM radio if you want to listen to songs. From Salon Marketplace: Prepare for anything in 2019 with this multi-function radio 2018-12-22T05:00:00Z His grandfather, who was blind, was a tuner there. Delightful, De-Lovely and Deconstructed: Cole Porter’s Piano Is Being Rebuilt 2018-12-16T05:00:00Z Charles and his wife Stephanie, both from Indiana, met when Charles, a piano tuner, stopped by her family’s home to look at her father’s piano. In Cameroon, journalists are being jailed on charges of ‘fake news’ 2018-12-15T05:00:00Z He finishes the instrument with tuners and strings that he gets from a few small suppliers around the U.S. Man hand-makes stringed instruments in backyard shop 2018-12-15T05:00:00Z The Fire TV Recast contains a hard drive and the necessary tuners for streaming and/or recording shows, sports, and movies. Amazon Fire TV Recast review: the cord cutter’s DVR 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z Items stolen included merchandise, a pedal board, tuners, digital delay and Harrogate-based Mr Guerin's suitcase containing his clothes for the tour, which starts in Leeds on Thursday. Band's tour to go ahead despite theft 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z Last week, Amazon introduced the Fire TV Recast, a box with two TV tuners and a hard drive. Dish’s AirTV Player can now record two OTA channels at once with new adapter 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z The government says hand-held products known as "tuners" would overwrite automaker programs. Company penalized for disabling vehicles' emissions controls 2018-09-24T04:00:00Z The government says hand-held products known as “tuners” would overwrite automaker programs. Company penalized for disabling vehicles’ emissions controls 2018-09-24T04:00:00Z The government says hand-held products known as “tuners” would overwrite automaker programs. Company penalized for disabling vehicles’ emissions controls 2018-09-24T04:00:00Z He pays $562 for a plastic kitchen scale and almost $8,000 for old stereo components, including an amplifier, turntable and tuner. Dieter Rams is the Godfather of Design 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z Frank Loesser’s “Guys and Dolls” is back on the boards as Musical Theatre West stages this classic tuner based on Damon Runyon’s tales of gamblers, gangsters and gals in New York City. Weekend Picks for Feb. 15-18: Bali's Çudamani, Chinese New Year Festival and more 2018-02-15T05:00:00Z Harley-Davidson did not admit liability, and said previously it disagreed with the government, arguing that the tuners were designed and sold to be used in “competition only.” 10 U.S. states object to EPA reducing Harley-Davidson emissions penalt 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z There are test drives, there are attractions, there are customizers, tuners and there is the overall car culture involved, so it really taps into Hollywood and Southern California. Why the L.A. Auto Show ranks among the most popular car exhibitions 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z Harvey got the sheet music for Come Home by OneRepublic and with an electric tuner sang each note individually. The singer sent death threats from the deaf community 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z These collections are like old-fashioned radios with the tuners caught between stations. Review | Sparkles, big shapes, bold colors, silky wraps: Fashion wants you to find your joy this spring 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z Launched in June, Live TV requires the purchase of a Plex Pass subscription and digital tuner hardware to tap into that free over-the-air television signal. Plex Live TV arrives on Android and Apple TV 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z Harley-Davidson did not admit liability, and said previously it disagreed with the government, arguing that the tuners were designed and sold to be used in “competition only.” 10 U.S. states object to EPA reducing Harley-Davidson emissions penalt 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z You’ve already displaced so many more: alarm clocks, guitar tuners, pocket calculators, atlases,... Dear iPhone: I Love You. I Hate You. 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z She relearned her art using muscle memory, visual tuners, and by “trusting my pitch.” Watch: Deaf singer wows Simon Cowell, earns Golden Buzzer on ‘America’s Got Talent’ 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z “The term piano tuner does not capture what he does,” said Chelsea Tipton, conductor of the Symphony of Southeast Texas for eight years. Beaumont man carries on family tradition as piano tuner 2017-05-14T04:00:00Z But while the middle-age meltdown thrived amidst the daily terrors of the modern world, the muscle car did not, rendered all but extinct by skyrocketing gas prices, tuner culture, and changing conceptions of masculinity. 5 crazy muscle cars for your midlife crisis - Golf Digest 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z The school that owns the piano and the tuner who found the gold are now in line for a windfall after a coroner investigating the find declared it treasure. Who stashed gold inside a British piano? It’s a mystery 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z The tuner who found the hoard and Bishops Castle Community College, which owns the piano, will share a reward. Shropshire piano gold coin hoard declared treasure - BBC News 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z Puckett used those sensitive ears to became one of Nashville’s “vocal tuners,” meaning he would listen to songs before they were published and make sure the vocals were perfectly on key. Mississippi musician moves from liner notes to headliner 2017-03-05T05:00:00Z I felt unique listening to the piano tuner’s imperfect notes as I danced in the roofless hallway of my little apartment, in my indoor rain. 'You must embrace the ugliness': the writing life in Mexico City 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z The radio transmission is sent from the emergency vehicle to nearby FM tuners that are equipped with RDS, a communications protocol for embedding small amounts of digital information in FM radio broadcasts. Ambulances to jam car radios in Sweden - BBC News 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z But there is one drawback to Vizio’s displays: They don’t have a digital tuner. The 6 Best Super Bowl TVs For Any Budget 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z Others, like the Lexus NX F Sport, include digital tuners to accentuate the engine’s throaty growl to satisfy the primal urges of driver and passengers. Giving Today’s Car a Well-Tuned Interior 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z The company also will offer to buy back all such tuners in stock at Harley-Davidson dealerships across the country and destroy them. Harley-Davidson fined $15 million for air-polluting racing tuners 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z The recurrent sound of turbines became the new soundtrack of my existence, replacing the music of the synagogue and the piano tuner. 'You must embrace the ugliness': the writing life in Mexico City 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z Harley disputed the government’s claim that by selling its tuner kit through its dealer network, it enabled dealers and customers to tamper with motorcycles used on public roads. Harley-Davidson settles emissions case 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z Harley will have to stop selling super tuners and destroy any remaining stock at its dealerships this month. Harley-Davidson in $12m emissions penalty - BBC News 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z The settlement calls for Harley-Davidson to stop selling the super tuners by Tuesday, and to buy back and destroy all such tuners in stock at its dealerships. Harley-Davidson to Pay $12 Million Fine in Pollution Settlement 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z The Milwaukee-based company said the tuners in question were designed for use on specialized track-racing bikes and not intended for use on public roads. Harley-Davidson fined $15 million for air-polluting racing tuners 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z Harley must obtain a certification from the California Air Resources Board for any tuners it sells in the United States in the future. Harley-Davidson to Pay $12 Million Fine Over Motorcycle Emissions 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z The expert piano tuner from the Czech Republic who's making a good living? Theresa May to become UK leader amid unsettling uncertainty 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z It has also been ordered to stop selling "super tuners", devices that enable motorbikes to generate power but also increases gas emissions. Harley-Davidson in $12m emissions penalty - BBC News 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z The expert piano tuner from the Czech Republic who’s making a good living? Theresa May to become UK leader amid unsettling uncertainty 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z The racing tuners, which prosecutors said were illegal “defeat devices” that circumvented emissions controls, also increased the amounts of such harmful air pollutants as nitrogen oxide spewing from the bikes' tailpipes. Harley-Davidson fined $15 million for air-polluting racing tuners 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z The settlement calls for Harley to stop selling the super tuners by Aug. 23, and buy back and destroy all such tuners in stock at its dealerships. Harley-Davidson to Pay $12 Million Fine Over Motorcycle Emissions 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z And when this innovative tuner about renegade founding father Alexander Hamilton visits the Paramount Theatre on tour next season, ticket demand will blast through the roof. 7 Tony-nominated shows that might hit Seattle-area stages 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z So cord cutters will need to buy both a tuner and an antenna to receive over-the-air channels. Vizio P-Series review: an incredible 4K TV and showcase for Google Cast 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z But featuring a tuner and timer, Philips device was the first to let television junkies record and save their favorite programs for later. The 50 Most Influential Gadgets of All Time 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z Under the agreement, Harley-Davidson said it no longer will sell the racing tuners. Harley-Davidson fined $15 million for air-polluting racing tuners 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z For any super tuners that Harley-Davidson sells outside the United States in the future, it must label them as not for use in the United States. Harley-Davidson to Pay $12 Million Fine Over Motorcycle Emissions 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z He decided to overhaul the Top Fuel team after last season, hiring iconic car tuner Alan Johnson. Brittany Force earned her first Top Fuel win by beating Terry McMillen in the final at the prestigious Gatornationals 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z The software works with most major brands of TV tuner cards. Recording Live Television in Windows 10 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z Be warned that the markup on outdated models from some resellers is exorbitant, especially when the tuners originally cost around $150 or less. Finding Ways to Get Live TV on a Mac 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z “Harley-Davidson is taking important steps to buy back the 'super tuners' from their dealers and destroy them, while funding projects to mitigate the pollution they caused.” Harley-Davidson fined $15 million for air-polluting racing tuners 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z The so-called tuner culture that blossomed in the 1990s in Southern California readily adopted the cars, with their sub-$20,000 sticker prices, idiosyncratic yet malleable styling and easily upgraded exhaust and engine-management systems. Carmakers Retreat From Quirky Designs as Millennials Embrace Mainstream 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z Dish's new Hopper 3 DVR, which lets 4K TV owners watch four shows simultaneously thanks to the 16 tuners inside, is now available to all of the satellite company's customers. Dish's crazy watch-four-shows-at-once Hopper 3 DVR is now available 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z One block away, the state is still trying to seize a house owned by a piano tuner, Charlie Birnbaum, as part of an old plan to build a mixed-use development next to the Revel. Chris Christie, Atlantic City’s Mr. Fix-It 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z A piano tuner got it back in tune, while he handled the painting. Boulder High student refurbishing, donating pianos 2016-01-16T05:00:00Z Both professional and amateur tuners must confront the security measures that most automakers layer onto their programming. You Can Hack Your Car for Better Mileage—But Should You? 2015-11-14T05:00:00Z But manager Barry Mederrick says the shop is finding customers among the automotive enthusiasts attending a tuner car show at a nearby private campground. The Latest: Coastal flooding hampers Mid-Atlantic drivers 2015-10-03T04:00:00Z A: Marshall Tucker was a blind piano tuner. Doug Gray of Marshall Tucker Band interview: Southern rock and who ‘Marshall Tucker’ is 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z He travels with a guitar tuner, replacement strings, picks, a capo, wire cutters and a notebook, which he always carries with him. On Call to Be on Stage: An Understudy’s Suitcase 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z While a new generation in his business depends more on electronic tuners, those devices can’t tell you when the blend is the way it should be for each piano, West says. The keys of life: Lexington piano tuner has perfect pitch 2015-06-07T04:00:00Z With their smooth surfaces, simple shapes and futuristic controls, his best-known designs — turntables, amplifiers, speakers, tuners — helped transform the conventions of home entertainment systems. Jacob Jensen, Designer in Danish Modern Style, Dies at 89 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z The TV tuner costs $59.99, which is a pretty great price in its own right. Xbox One TV tuner now available in the US and Canada for $59.99 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z Incidentally, this “digital crown” bears more than a striking resemblance to my beloved and most-definitely-missed tuner dials of yesteryear. Why In-Car Touchscreens Should Be More Like The Apple Watch 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z It was designed to run fullscreen as a media player, and support television channels from TV tuners. Microsoft kills off Windows Media Center 2015-05-02T04:00:00Z Homer Craver, a local violinist and longtime tuner, also passed on some important tidbits for him. The keys of life: Lexington piano tuner has perfect pitch 2015-06-07T04:00:00Z As the menagerie grew, Cleveland continued to work as a piano tuner and seamstress in Pleasantville, New York, where she lived with her then-husband. Woman traded in piano career in New York for shepherding 2015-05-02T04:00:00Z Live TV streaming is also entering preview, allowing Xbox One owners with a digital TV tuner to stream content to tablets, phones, and PCs. Microsoft's Xbox One is getting Miracast streaming support 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z One end of the tuner plugs into a coaxial connection that pulls in the TV signal, and the other connects to your Xbox One over USB. Microsoft is bringing live, over-the-air TV to Xbox One in North America 2015-04-08T04:00:00Z For Mr. Shin, who serves as a sometime technician with the Metropolitan Opera and a tuner at the Metropolitan Museum as well as being an in-demand instrumentalist, the find is more than academic. Plucking Notes, and Strings, of Long Ago 2015-03-28T04:00:00Z West says the youngest piano tuner he knows of today is in his late 40s. The keys of life: Lexington piano tuner has perfect pitch 2015-06-07T04:00:00Z The last passengers trickle in and visitors leave, including the piano tuner who boards every two weeks to work on the ship’s five grand pianos. A Luxury Liner Docks, and the Countdown’s On 2015-03-21T04:00:00Z The tuners waffled between G and A. A few more tries, and Mueller made the official call: The Fox 40 is a high A, she said, but not a pretty one. Shrill? To N.C.A.A. Tournament Referees, It’s Symphonic 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z Not that anyone under 25 would remember, but they used to make something called a receiver—a combo amp and radio tuner that you plugged your turntable or CD player into. Gadget Lust: April Music’s Aura Note V2 Will Eat Your iPod for Breakfast 2015-03-14T04:00:00Z Or perhaps Peyton Manning, with three neck operations and 17 years in the league, has begun to lose that piano tuner’s expert feel for precisely the right note. As Passes Miss the Mark, Peyton Manning’s Future Begins to Waver 2015-01-11T05:00:00Z The tuner, Zinovy Pritsker, arrived at a family’s spacious Upper East Side apartment on Tuesday to get this hand-me-down, used only occasionally by the children, back into playing shape. Piano Tuner Is Known as a Pro, and a Scold 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z Printed on Crippes’ business cards is the phrase “The tuner alone preserves the tone.” Dubuque native searches for the perfect pitch 2014-11-08T05:00:00Z Internal TV tuner cards plug into the motherboard of a desktop PC. Turning the PC Into a DVR 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z Microsoft's digital TV tuner adapter goes on sale today in France, Italy, Germany, Spain, and the UK, but there's no word on a US release yet. Xbox One’s new digital TV tuner lets you stream TV to a tablet or smartphone 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z And unless all TV manufacturers equip their products with digital tuners capable of handling Time Warner Cable's encrypted signal, there's no choice but to use some sort of external box as a descrambler. All-digital TV: An excuse to soak cable customers with a new fee? 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z A customer will neglect a piano and then expect a tuner to show up and, with a magical wave of the tuning lever, transform the thing into a great instrument, he said. Piano Tuner Is Known as a Pro, and a Scold 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z “He’s a very gentle, knowledgeable person and a very competent tuner,” she said. Dubuque native searches for the perfect pitch 2014-11-08T05:00:00Z A. To record over-the-air television shows to your computer’s hard drive, you need a TV tuner for the PC to pull in the video signal and software to handle the scheduling and video recording. Turning the PC Into a DVR 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z Microsoft announced its digital TV tuner back in August, and it’s finally going on sale in European countries today. Xbox One’s new digital TV tuner lets you stream TV to a tablet or smartphone 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z He manufactured switch-type tuners to keep up with video’s broadcast boom, and became responsible for an estimated 35 percent of output of electrical equipment, such as selenium rectifiers, in the U.S. Bloomington-founded WTTV continues to grow, change 2014-08-24T04:00:00Z But the J Butterfly has a few tweaks that bring it in line with local expectations — it’s waterproof and dustproof, with features like a TV tuner, mobile wallet support, and infrared connectivity. HTC's new flagship phone is designed to take over Japan 2014-08-19T04:00:00Z The tuner is finicky if you bump the manual dial off the station setting, requiring users to spend a few frustrating minutes fidgeting to replace static with golf coverage. It's dated and it's finicky but it's the 2013-10-16T04:00:00Z While some of the design is a little wasted on her, the quality of the sound, nice easy to use analogue tuner and built in clock all tick the right boxes. Three Family Gadget Essentials 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z The coalition asserted that consumers pay $20-$30 more per digital TV in the U.S., because of inflated patent license fees for digital tuners and other essentials in TVs and converter boxes. Abuse From Patent Pools 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z This connection bypasses your TV’s built-in tuner, which is how Mohu is able to switch seamlessly between your TV and on-demand content. Mohu Channels, A Set-Top Box For Cord-Cutters 2014-02-25T17:01:00Z “It’s been the same song for months,” said another neighbor, Eileen Rich, a piano tuner, who said her sensitive ears were particularly irritated by the shrill quality of the chimes, compared with live bells. Murray Hill Church’s Neighbors Would Prefer to Look at the Clock 2013-12-21T01:10:58Z “The result is pretty good but it’s really a distortion of a distortion, and not as good as the picture I was getting with the QAM tuner,’’ he said via email. FCC is enabler when Comcast slaps on high-def box fees 2013-12-15T23:46:10Z The tuner includes a novel component: a tiny reflective membrane just half a millimeter on a side and only a hundred nanometers thick. Laser Tuner Boosts Radio Reception 2013-08-21T22:15:07.600Z Immediately after, the word “living room” was heard a multitude of times as we learned how the Xbox One is more than a game console, it’s a TV tuner and cable box. Microsoft Stumbles Through Xbox One Announcement, Shows Little, Answers Less 2013-05-21T18:33:20Z The original navigation screens used the same cathode tubes as TVs, so it was pretty easy to pop in a tuner device. In Japan, Television Viewing Doesn't Have to Take a Back Seat 2013-04-24T04:18:37Z If you buy a new TV in the UK, I'm not convinced it's worth getting one that includes Freesat as well as the usual built-in Freeview tuner. Photography discs, importing televisions and all-in-one PC TVs 2013-04-11T15:19:33Z It’s particularly galling because most of them upgraded not too long ago to digital-ready TVs with “QAM” tuners that shouldn’t require extra hardware, especially not a gadget that reduces their TV’s capability. FCC is enabler when Comcast slaps on high-def box fees 2013-12-15T23:46:10Z Few series demonstrate the iterative side to video game creation better than the annual sports franchises, tweaked with the precision of a watchmaker, upgraded with the fanaticism and finesse of an engine tuner. Top 25 games of 2012: 25-21 2012-12-17T08:19:25Z So there’s a blind piano tuners’ association and blind people get jobs in the recording industry. Training the Blind to Run Businesses 2012-02-21T16:43:06Z Both London taxi drivers and professional piano tuners show increases in gray matter in areas of the brain associated with the skills needed for their professions. Is Homosexuality a Choice? 2012-10-20T01:15:03.373Z The Samsung is a PC with a built-in TV tuner, which is the traditional approach. Photography discs, importing televisions and all-in-one PC TVs 2013-04-11T15:19:33Z We have arrived at a three step formulation that seems to work well in creating the sort of “tuner” that Jim Koch refers to above. Nobel Prize Winners Know What They Need to Know 2012-10-15T09:45:13Z In addition to being able to stream your DVR or tuner, the device is also able to stream content, starting with personal photos and videos but potentially migrating to Internet video. New Slingbox Units Let You Bring Your HD TV With You 2012-10-10T01:37:23Z They come with integrated an FM tuner, and you can get them in lot of colours. iPhone 5 launch: live coverage of the Apple event 2012-10-01T12:38:11Z The Nano upgrades were stunning with enlarged 2.5” multi-touch screen, new larger volume rocker that plays and pauses music, FM tuner, built-in pedometer, wireless audio streaming, and 30 hours of playback time. Apple iPhone 5 and Stunning New iPods Set Stage for Strongest December Quarter Ever 2012-09-12T20:41:03Z The Wellcome Trust researchers at University College London and Newcastle University used magnetic resonance imaging to compare the brains of 19 professional piano tuners and 19 other people. Tuning a piano 'moulds the mind' 2012-08-28T23:41:42Z The L Series is a full-blown Bravia TV set, with 1080p resolution, a remote control, a tuner inside and a coaxial cable jack on the back. Domestic tryout could foretell initial reaction to Windows 8 2012-07-30T13:11:19Z Soon, the iPhone would become a digital Swiss army knife, capable of turning into a game console, a guitar tuner or a video editor with a few app downloads. Bits: The iPhone Turns Five. Here's What It Wrought. 2012-06-29T21:07:17Z Delco Wonder Bar — named for the bar above the tuning dial that, when pressed, caused a motor-driven pulley to move the tuner to the next strong station — was eventually offered in most General Motors cars. Collecting: Rhythms on the Highway, Before the Age of the iPod 2012-06-09T05:27:02Z He liked only select audiences and limited gatherings, just as he would use no other piano than a Pleyel, nor have any other tuner than Frederic. Franz Liszt 2012-05-22T15:16:50.923Z What they saw was highly specific changes in both the grey matter - the nerve cells where information processing takes place - and the white matter - the nerve connections - within the brains of the piano tuners. Tuning a piano 'moulds the mind' 2012-08-28T23:41:42Z If the family cow becomes locoed or shows an unusual result in her milk product, should one consult a piano tuner? Farm Boys and Girls 2012-04-21T02:00:21.733Z Kurlander is responsible for setting up the black Marti GX500 remote mixer, plugging in the three headsets, adjusting the tuners and the volume, and calling in to the broadcast’s host at Red Zone Media. No. 16 L.I.U. Has a Super Fan in Its Corner 2012-03-16T01:44:24Z “It seems almost impossible that you can tune to any wave length with this thing, just as the piano tuner can tune the wires of his instrument to the proper sound vibration.” The Radio Boys at Mountain Pass The Midnight Call for Assistance 2012-01-02T03:00:17.697Z He made several Italian cheesecakes, she baked some cookies and other staff members helped out to raise more than $100 — enough to pay for a visit by Vinny Tagliarino, a blind piano tuner. This Land: An Aging Jazz Pianist Finds a New Audience 2011-12-09T05:56:05Z "I saw the gentleman you speak of waiting for the Dublin train at Sandy Bay Station this morning," remarked the tuner, condescending for a moment to our level. Further Experiences of an Irish R.M. 2011-11-24T03:00:44.527Z I know the organ tuner—I used to see him twice a year when we lived in Ohio. Dandelion Cottage 2011-10-29T02:00:16.960Z These wouldn’t be the superficial brainteasers that some companies used, like estimating the number of piano tuners in Chicago. Reinventing Recruiting 2011-10-13T21:00:57Z College radio is a genre, a format that belongs on the tuner alongside all your other basic offerings . College Radio Day: An SOS for student-run stations 2011-10-12T00:32:00Z It often includes a built-in digital TV tuner. Wanted: a PC to browse the web on a TV 2011-08-18T12:50:25Z "The tuner is more important and has a lot more responsibility," Neff said. Mike Neff driving a hard bargain to drive again in 2012 | Drag Racing 2011-08-04T04:50:19Z These set-top boxes are energy hogs mostly because their drives, tuners and other components are generally running full tilt, or nearly so, 24 hours a day, even when not in active use. Atop TV Sets, a Power Drain Runs Nonstop 2011-06-26T01:05:49Z Mr. Busby, as you go down town will you stop at Dubois's and order the piano tuner? A Letter of Credit 2011-05-20T02:00:40.410Z While at the F.C.C., he helped push Congress to mandate that new television sets have UHF tuners. Chicago News Cooperative: Never Mind the ?Vast Wasteland.? Minow Has More to Say 2011-05-07T22:12:28Z Poorer households simply skipped the upgrade to televisions with built-in digital tuners, didn’t acquire a digital-to-analog converter boxes, or can’t afford cable or satellite television. 1.2 Million Americans Households Just Killed Their Television 2011-05-03T19:56:27Z Wires were then run to the transformer, tuner attached, the headphone wired on, and the aerial and ground connections made. The Radio Boys' Search for the Inca's Treasure 2011-04-30T02:00:12.743Z The most valuable single item to be stolen was a helicopter rotor tuner worth £50,000, which was taken in November. Guns, anchor and bridge among stolen MoD items 2011-03-25T07:17:42Z They gave and took, like a tuner tempering the chords of a musical instrument. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z "For the first prototype I adapted the tuner of my own television set," he recalls. Global solar observatory flares into life 2011-02-17T22:45:00.227Z She thought that they looked like piano tuners and was astonished and disappointed. The Rustle of Silk 2011-01-27T03:00:44.390Z Jack complied, adjusting the tuner to the meter wave length at which he had set Michac’s instrument. The Radio Boys' Search for the Inca's Treasure 2011-04-30T02:00:12.743Z The company expects revenue from its video business, which comprises mostly tuners, to jump three-fold to $60 million in 2011 to account for 12 percent of overall estimated revenue. UPDATE 2-Silicon Labs expects TV tuners to weigh on Q1 profit 2011-01-26T17:09:15Z "MicroRNAs do not act as on/off switches; they act as fine tuners of physiological pathways," he says. Triple-Drug Cocktail in the Works for Hepatitis C Therapy 2011-01-05T22:16:21.493Z A confident, easily bored man with a self-deprecating sense of humour, Broad was a highly effective combination of driver, engineer and tuner. Ralph Broad obituary 2010-10-21T17:42:00Z I used my earnings to buy Heathkits for building home audio equipment and made my own amplifiers, tuners and radios. The Boss: From Electrical to Medical 2010-09-26T00:14:00Z He estimated that adding a separate FM tuner would add at most $1 in parts, not counting design and testing expenses. Radio royalties fix: Require FM radios in phones? 2010-08-20T19:24:00Z A guitar case and tuner were stolen from a vehicle. Fairfax County crime report 2010-07-15T04:00:00Z The Federal Communications Commission is now looking into revising the regulations about pay-TV tuners to open up that market to more competitors, including computer-based ones... the current system has failed to do so. Personal Tech: Holiday Gift Guide 2009-12-18T17:00:00Z They answer questions; sparks flash from the tuner. How Should Schools Handle Cyberbullying? 2010-06-28T02:01:00Z Hauppauge Digital develops analog and digital television tuners and other products for the personal computer market. Hauppauge soars on TV streaming app for iPad, iPhone 2010-05-14T17:50:00Z It's also possible to upgrade and customise each model, as well as opening different versions depending on your allegiances to drift, tuner or other racing subcultures. Blur: hands-on with Activision's rocket-powered racer 2010-05-06T08:00:00Z The Zune was pitched as a "tuner" for online services, and buyers of its upcoming Kin phones get personal Web pages to store photos, contacts and call records. Tips for purchasing an iPad 2010-05-03T03:06:00Z First, the government must ensure that advice goes to retailers and the public that when purchasing radios, consumers should purchase sets that include a digital tuner. Digital switchover needs greater clarity, say Lords 2010-03-28T23:10:00Z The game is expected to feature over 1,000 cars, ranging from Japanese tuner cars to concept cars, as well as tracks from around the globe. New racing videogames set to rev up sales 2010-03-11T15:20:00Z Of course, Mr. Knox, this is a little out of my line; a nerve specialist has as much business with psychotherapy as a piano tuner has with musical technique. The Window at the White Cat But some have died in a spread of newspaper glory—Eugene Field, the sweetest lisper of a boy's mischief, the tuner of tenderest lyrics, but with a laugh for man that cut like a scythe. A Yankee from the West A Novel The seeing tuner in charge of the school pianos complained to the director, and Pianoforte-tuning. they were forbidden to touch the works, but the two friends procured an old piano and continued their efforts. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" There was an awkward pause whilst the music was being fetched and the audience was waiting, but my father called up the tuner to officiate and fill the gap, and so appearances were saved. Fragments of an Autobiography The tuning is varied, while you listen, by moving the slider of the slide-wire tuner or by moving the switches if you have connected your coil for that method. Letters of a Radio-Engineer to His Son The automatic tuner on the box corrected to bring the Chief's image in wire-sharp focus. Blind Spot The tuner came, and the children all stood around him, with curious eyes, as he took the instrument apart. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. V, August, 1878, No 10. Scribner's Illustrated In 1789, also, there were two teachers of harp and piano in Boston, one of whom could act as tuner and repairer if occasion demanded. How the Piano Came to Be In an instant he had the tuner adjusted, was listening, with those keen ears of his focussed for the ethereal voices which might be abroad at this untimely hour. Peter the Brazen A Mystery Story of Modern China The result is that this 225series condenser method becomes the easiest method of tuning and the slide wire tuner is not needed. Letters of a Radio-Engineer to His Son The tuner is able, on turning a pin, to tension its strings till it gives any desired note. How it Works Dealing in simple language with steam, electricity, light, heat, sound, hydraulics, optics, etc., and with their applications to apparatus in common use The tuner told me afterwards that he broke seventeen strings. A Padre in France Every man—even a piano tuner—thinks his business leads him a dog's life, and that it shows him only the seamy side of the world. In Our Town The instrument sounded a little flat and apparently had not received the attention of a tuner for some time. The Secret House I thought offhand the piano tuner sounded a bit more domestic. Working With the Working Woman I have to go out now, but perhaps you'd drop into the drawing-room and explain to the tuner that there's been some slight misunderstanding with his hat. Eliza "Well, static is the big bugbear of radio," answered Bob, pausing a moment in regulating his tuner and detector. Walter and the Wireless In my dream, I see blind salesmen, telegraphers, musicians, piano tuners and electricians, and other men making brooms, brushes, mattresses and furniture now so often made by prison labor. Five Lectures on Blindness I guess them tuners make pretty good money. A Book of Burlesques One's a piano tuner; the other's a detective.” Working With the Working Woman I hope it's in tune; 't is only four months since the tuner was here. Handy Andy, Volume One A Tale of Irish Life, in Two Volumes The New York electricians arrived and with them came aerials, generators, detectors, tuners, insulators, amplifiers, and all the hundred and one parts necessary for a perfectly equipped radio station. Walter and the Wireless He had to tune the organ in St. George's Chapel, Windsor, where he made the acquaintance of Sir George Elvey, who took a great fancy to the boy tuner. The Recent Revolution in Organ Building Being an Account of Modern Developments And, stranger still, a tuner pays a visit to put the instrument in tune. Nearly Lost but Dearly Won Someone suggested that Gus Lyons, the machinist and piano tuner, could repair the spring, which he did after several hours work. Watch Yourself Go By For the first six months of the year he performed the duties of a tuner in the metropolis, and during the remaining six months prosecuted his vocation in Scotland. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume IV. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century There was an ascending wail from the tuner. Walter and the Wireless She sent to the establishment where it was made, however, and a tuner promptly appeared. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, August, 1878 Among the perplexing things that come to the tuner are the terms used by musicians and piano owners to express certain qualities of tone and certain discrepancies of the instrument. Piano Tuning A Simple and Accurate Method for Amateurs Mrs. Gold, it would be well to send for the tuner to replace this broken B string. Piano and Song How to Teach, How to Learn, and How to Form a Judgment of Musical Performances My great-aunt taught me the names of the notes and got a tuner to put the piano in order. Musical Memories He must also see that his detector is adjusted to its greatest degree of sensibility and his tuner to the proper wave length. Walter and the Wireless That evening the musician called, and was informed that a tuner had "been exercising his skill" upon the instrument. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, August, 1878 This method, which is resorted to by many tuners, is injurious to the hammers and really does no permanent good. Piano Tuning A Simple and Accurate Method for Amateurs The tuner comes regularly once in three months; the time is not yet up. Piano and Song How to Teach, How to Learn, and How to Form a Judgment of Musical Performances But the tuner who came from Boston said it was just as good as ever. Quincy Adams Sawyer and Mason's Corner Folks A Picture of New England Home Life "We'll get it again," was Bob's confident answer as he twirled the knobs of both tuner and detector. Walter and the Wireless She sent for a tuner, and used to successfully coax the long-imprisoned music from the antiquated piano, and sing for her visitors by the hour. Deephaven and Selected Stories & Sketches Occasion often requires the tuner to summon all his wits and tact in order to dispose of questions put to him, both by pianos and owners. Piano Tuning A Simple and Accurate Method for Amateurs The piano in the chapel proving out of order, the elevator man proved to have been a piano tuner. Love Stories "Oh, you are one of those tuners," said the old man, relieved; "my girls have been looking out for one." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 69, July, 1863 There was a shrill piping as of a singing wind, and a wail that echoed hauntingly through the air as the tuner revolved. Walter and the Wireless And I will here say for the benefit of my brothers in the dark that I have been very successful as a piano tuner, and the business is a practical one for the blind. The World As I Have Found It Sequel to Incidents in the Life of a Blind Girl Some tuners favor the term, "laying the bearings," others say "setting the temperament." Piano Tuning A Simple and Accurate Method for Amateurs He didn't turn out to be much—only a piano tuner from Milwaukee; and I wish it had of been a general I caught snooping. Ma Pettengill Then as their tuner searched out the higher regions of the air, they shut out the sounds of the low-range air traffic. The Radio Boys on the Mexican Border Together they switched on the current, regulated amplifier, detector, and tuner, and each with a head receiver tight to his ears sat down. Walter and the Wireless The baroness sent some beautiful furniture from Vienna; also a piano, and a tuner to tune it. The Nameless Castle These items are decided by the scale draughtsman in the factory; if incorrect, the tuner can do nothing to improve them. Piano Tuning A Simple and Accurate Method for Amateurs And there would not be those exasperating periods when the pitch is not quite perfect, but yet is not far enough out to make it seem worth while to send for a tuner. Scientific American Supplement, No. 520, December 19, 1885 But Dave took up a headpiece and began adjusting the tuner knob. The Radio Boys on the Mexican Border Do you hear, you pianists, guitarists, violinists, violoncellists, contra-bassists, harpists, tuners, and you, too, conductors of orchestras--without the aid of the ear! Delsarte System of Oratory The tuners of pianofortes are men, and so I understand are the tasters of tea and wine, the sorters of wool, and the like. Inquiries into Human Faculty and Its Development As stated in a previous lesson, the mutes should be so placed that only two strings are heard at one time: the one the tuner is tuning, and the one he is tuning by. Piano Tuning A Simple and Accurate Method for Amateurs A skillful piano tuner could earn what money he needed anywhere and could earn enough in a diligent week to set him free, his simple wants provided for, for the rest of the month. Mary Wollaston A 72 inch video screen dominated one wall and next to it sat a large control center with VCR's, switchers and satellite tuner. Terminal Compromise: computer terrorism: when privacy and freedom are the victims: a novel He was insurance agent, toilet soap agent, piano tuner, giver of piano lessons, seller of pianos and of music on commission. Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise I talked to the piano tuner the last time he was here, and he said all the people he tuned for expressed themselves very favorably about your teaching. The Song of the Lark In the low bass tones, a kind of false waves are always present, and will annoy the tuner long after he has been in regular practice. Piano Tuning A Simple and Accurate Method for Amateurs She'd been talking about the piano tuner with what struck him as a surprisingly confident understanding. Mary Wollaston So, with a little radio tuner, you can pick up the signals on the computer screen and read them for yourself. Terminal Compromise: computer terrorism: when privacy and freedom are the victims: a novel He saw that the driver took him for a piano tuner. The Troll Garden and Selected Stories Then he sent for a tuner, and I suppose told him a little about me, for the man spoke very kindly to me as we went to the broker's. The Vicar's Daughter Some tuners glue the bridle around the back catch stem, but the above method is preferable. Piano Tuning A Simple and Accurate Method for Amateurs "It's that good-for-nothing piano tuner, Miss Mary," he told her reluctantly. Mary Wollaston A man like that—one doesn't take him for granted, like the piano- tuner! The Greater Inclination The invention belongs to this country, and is due to a tuner named William Allen, a young Scotchman, who was in Stodart's employ. Scientific American Supplement, No. 385, May 19, 1883 My aunt has been trying to find a tuner for ours. My Man Jeeves The tuning pin must be properly "set," as tuners term it. Piano Tuning A Simple and Accurate Method for Amateurs Supposedly expert tuners were constantly being called in to do things to it and nothing they did ever seemed to afford Paula any satisfaction. Mary Wollaston "Say, that's a pippin," said Jimmy, as Bob switched on the light and he caught sight of the finished tuner. The Radio Boys' First Wireless Or Winning the Ferberton Prize The tuner's business is to regulate the tension, by turning the wrest-pins, in which he is chiefly guided by the beats which become audible from differing numbers of vibrations. Scientific American Supplement, No. 385, May 19, 1883 The Oscillation Transformer.—The tuning coil, or oscillation transformer as this one is called, is a conductively coupled tuner—that is, the primary and secondary coils form one continuous coil instead of two separate coils. The Radio Amateur's Hand Book False waves will occur in an annoying degree when the tuner sets a mute on a nodal point in the string; it will cause the muted string to sound a real harmonic tone. Piano Tuning A Simple and Accurate Method for Amateurs It was awfully clever of you," she said, "to get hold of a tuner. Mary Wollaston The piano, quite simply, was out of tune, although a very clever tuner had only just tuned it. In Midsummer Days, and Other Tales The daughter of a piano tuner in Honolulu, she secured a scholarship at the University of California, where she graduated with Honors in Social Ethics. Eeldrop and Appleplex For sending sets they are formed of one and two coils, a single sending coil is generally called a tuning inductance coil, while a two-coil tuner is called an oscillation transformer. The Radio Amateur's Hand Book The fifth is always tuned to a fundamental below and hence always flattened, which relieves the tuner of any mental operation to determine which way he is to temper. Piano Tuning A Simple and Accurate Method for Amateurs This astonishing piano tuner of Lucile's had converted it, with his new christening, into a source of innocent merriment. Mary Wollaston "I was a tuner myself, a piano-tuner; my two sons here were clerks, Edmond in an office, Pierre in a shop." Maria Chapdelaine In the organ loft a tuner was at work upon the organ, and from time to time the distant mumbling of the thunder was mingled with a sonorous, prolonged note from the pipes. The Pit Don't expect to get as good results with a single coil tuner as you would with a loose coupler. The Radio Amateur's Hand Book Which pairs of pins are marked in the square piano to guide the tuner in placing his hammer? Piano Tuning A Simple and Accurate Method for Amateurs It was not a piano tuner's arpeggio but a curiously teasing mixed dissonance she couldn't begin to identify. Mary Wollaston Yet she was the daughter of a Morebury piano tuner, of unblemished parentage for generations. The Fortunate Youth —The tuner was in today, miss Douce replied, tuning it for the smoking concert and I never heard such an exquisite player. Ulysses Don't expect to get as good results with a two-coil tuner as with one having a third, or tickler, coil. The Radio Amateur's Hand Book This is one of the features that is overlooked or entirely unknown to many fairly good tuners; their aim being to get all fifths the same. Piano Tuning A Simple and Accurate Method for Amateurs She didn't believe there was another such tuner in the United States. Mary Wollaston "Now I am going to play to you," she whispered, and went off to the old piano, that the tuner had prepared for this sacred purpose. Sisters That was a tuningfork the tuner had that he forgot that he now struck. Ulysses With Three Coil Loose Coupler.—To construct a really good regenerative set you must use a loose coupled tuner that has three coils, namely a primary, a secondary and a tickler coil. The Radio Amateur's Hand Book As stated above, the tuner will fail in many cases to tune his high octaves sharp enough. Piano Tuning A Simple and Accurate Method for Amateurs Then I asked him what his trade was and he said he was a piano tuner. Mary Wollaston And besides, the piano had been attacked by white ants, and the tuner had not been so far up the river for a long time. Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life —O, that must be the tuner, Lydia said to Simonlionel first I saw, forgot it when he was here. Ulysses A tuner of this kind is made like an ordinary loose coupled tuning coil but it has a third coil as shown at A and B in Fig. The Radio Amateur's Hand Book The average tuner hears and considers the beats with a vague and indefinite comprehension, guessing at causes and effects, and arriving at uncertain results. Piano Tuning A Simple and Accurate Method for Amateurs She wouldn't chuck dad for that doughboy piano tuner. Mary Wollaston Since its despatch from Vienna not a tuner has touched it, and yet it keeps in beautiful tune, and steadily resists all variations and effects of temperature. Letters of Franz Liszt -- Volume 2 from Rome to the End From another room came a monotonous sound repeated indefinitely, a tuner at work on a piano. Jonah Where a loose coupled tuner is employed you should have a variable condenser connected across the closed oscillation circuit and a fixed condenser across the telephone receivers. The Radio Amateur's Hand Book Young tuners sometimes get confused and accept one beat as being two, taking the period of augmentation for one beat and likewise the period of diminution. Piano Tuning A Simple and Accurate Method for Amateurs But the truth is, it was a house wherein precision reigned: a tuner and a clockmaker visited by contract every month. A Woman-Hater Polly felt out of tune herself, and all the pianos seemed to need a tuner as much as she did. An Old-Fashioned Girl "One of our piano tuners lives in this house," he said. The Four Million To wire up the parts connect the leading-in wire of the aerial with the primary coil, which is the middle one of the tuner, and connect the other terminal with the ground. The Radio Amateur's Hand Book Questions are often asked the tuner concerning the care of the piano. Piano Tuning A Simple and Accurate Method for Amateurs Whenever I've been giving a luncheon party, the tuner has arrived, with his abominable black bag, and his abominable card which has to be signed at once. Stories by English Authors: Germany (Selected by Scribners) But pianos are not sent to prison, and they are not sent to the tuner—the tuner is sent to them. The Turmoil, a novel The piano tuner who knows nothing of regulating and repairing will miss many an opportunity to earn extra money. Piano Tuning A Simple and Accurate Method for Amateurs A triple slide tuning coil constructed like the double slide tuner just described, only with more turns of wire on it, makes it possible to receive wave lengths up to 1,500 meters. The Radio Amateur's Hand Book However, in some localities the tuner will meet numbers of these pianos and he will find them a great source of revenue, as they are almost invariably in need of repair. Piano Tuning A Simple and Accurate Method for Amateurs "Well, tell me something more about these tuners." Stories by English Authors: Germany (Selected by Scribners) Sometimes the tuner is asked a great many perplexing questions and is expected to respond intelligently. Piano Tuning A Simple and Accurate Method for Amateurs One of the most common, and, at the same time, most annoying conditions both to the owner of the piano and the tuner, is the "sympathetic rattle." Piano Tuning A Simple and Accurate Method for Amateurs This tuner is made up of 25 turns of thin copper strip, 3/8 inch wide and with its edges rounded, and this is secured to a wood base as shown at A in Fig. The Radio Amateur's Hand Book For the purpose of making the student more thoroughly informed we detail here several different systems which have been devised and practiced by other tuners. Piano Tuning A Simple and Accurate Method for Amateurs So the little tuner touched the keys again with all the tenderness of an angel. Stories by English Authors: Germany (Selected by Scribners) Square pianos that come, at the present day, under the hand of the tuner, are usually at least fifteen years old, and more frequently twenty or more. Piano Tuning A Simple and Accurate Method for Amateurs To obtain absolute accuracy the tuner is guided by beats, waves or pulsations. Piano Tuning A Simple and Accurate Method for Amateurs Where a single coil tuner is used a fixed condenser should be connected around the telephone receivers. The Radio Amateur's Hand Book Rarely, if ever, will a tuner with a good ear leave the upper tones too sharp. Piano Tuning A Simple and Accurate Method for Amateurs Do be thankful that I am nothing worse than a tuner. Stories by English Authors: Germany (Selected by Scribners) Certain pins are marked to guide the tuner in placing his hammer. Piano Tuning A Simple and Accurate Method for Amateurs One of the first questions that arises in the mind of the thinking young tuner is: Why is it necessary to temper certain intervals in tuning? Piano Tuning A Simple and Accurate Method for Amateurs The Tuning Coil.—To tune this set move the slide A of the double-slide tuner, see B in Fig. The Radio Amateur's Hand Book The table on the following page gives the succession of intervals generally taken by tuners employing this system using the tones within the F octave mentioned above. Piano Tuning A Simple and Accurate Method for Amateurs On one occasion I was just proposing to a girl in her father's library when the tuner struck up in the drawing-room. Stories by English Authors: Germany (Selected by Scribners) Close attention will generally enable the tuner to distinguish between them. Piano Tuning A Simple and Accurate Method for Amateurs The aims of many have been to invent a system which uses the fewest number of tones; working under the impression that the fewer the tones used in the temperament, the easier the tuner's work. Piano Tuning A Simple and Accurate Method for Amateurs The Oscillation Transformer.—With an oscillation transformer you can tune much more sharply than with a single inductance coil tuner. The Radio Amateur's Hand Book If the pin is left slightly sprung downward, its tendency will be to spring upward, thereby sharpening the string; so be careful to leave the pins in perfect balance, or as tuners say, "properly set." Piano Tuning A Simple and Accurate Method for Amateurs She seemed in capital health and spirits, and had so much to say that was bright and interesting that Oswald Everard found himself becoming reconciled to the whole race of tuners. Stories by English Authors: Germany (Selected by Scribners) When, finally, they take up their permanent abode in the homes of the purchasers, they should be given the attention of the tuner at least twice a year. Piano Tuning A Simple and Accurate Method for Amateurs The tuner should carry with him a tuning pipe or fork tuned to 3C in one or the other of these pitches. Piano Tuning A Simple and Accurate Method for Amateurs Yet this system is much followed in factories for rough tuning, and also by many old professional tuners. Piano Tuning A Simple and Accurate Method for Amateurs And for safety, some tuners always mark throughout. Piano Tuning A Simple and Accurate Method for Amateurs Meanwhile one of the gentlemen had strolled into the salon; but hearing the sound of tuning, and being in secret possession of nerves, he fled, saying, "The tuner, by Jove!" Stories by English Authors: Germany (Selected by Scribners) The tuner must be able to detect, locate and correct the slightest defect in any portion of the instrument. Piano Tuning A Simple and Accurate Method for Amateurs Even old tuners frequently have to go over their work a second or third time before all fifths are properly tempered. Piano Tuning A Simple and Accurate Method for Amateurs The great majority of pianos are left entirely to the tuner's judgment in regard to pitch. Piano Tuning A Simple and Accurate Method for Amateurs By what means is the tuner enabled to make the strings draw through the bridges and equalize the tension throughout their entire length? Piano Tuning A Simple and Accurate Method for Amateurs "All the tuners, of course," he replied, rather snappishly. Stories by English Authors: Germany (Selected by Scribners) This must be decided by the ear of the tuner. Piano Tuning A Simple and Accurate Method for Amateurs For the present, the term "temperament" may be considered as meaning the plan or pattern from which the tuner works. Piano Tuning A Simple and Accurate Method for Amateurs It is called the "wolf," from the howling of its beats when the tuner has been inaccurate or the piano fails to stand. Piano Tuning A Simple and Accurate Method for Amateurs In many of the cheaper pianos of this day, the lack of this essential manifests itself in an annoying degree to the piano tuner. Piano Tuning A Simple and Accurate Method for Amateurs The tuner tunes only the middle strings in setting the temperament and thereby avoids the confusion of hearing more than two strings at once. Piano Tuning A Simple and Accurate Method for Amateurs The tuner should hear but two strings at once while setting a temperament; the one he is tuning by and the one he is tuning. Piano Tuning A Simple and Accurate Method for Amateurs To become a piano tuner of the highest skill, many things are necessary; but what may be lacking at the outset may be acquired by study and practice. Piano Tuning A Simple and Accurate Method for Amateurs It may also be said that no extraordinary talent for music is absolutely necessary, since many of the best tuners are not musicians in any sense of the word. Piano Tuning A Simple and Accurate Method for Amateurs |
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