Veterinary Medicine - August 2007 - (Page 507) them. These two factors make pianos go out of tune and flat. The older the piano strings and the flatter the pitch, the more likely strings will break during pitch raises. Consistent maintenance prevents the need for pitch raises and maintains piano value. PERFECT PITCH NOT REQUIRED With the average piano having some 10,000 moving parts, it is a challenge to diagnose ailments and treat them correctly. It is very different from veterinary pathology, in which we only diagnose disease and are never called upon to treat a disease. Contrary to popular belief, piano tuners do not need to have perfect pitch. Tuning depends more on a sense of rhythm. When pitches approximate each other, but do not match exactly, they create audible interference beats, which essentially is the vibrato of the piano. But there is more to tuning than that. Pianos have an inherent defect called inharmonicity and a demon called humidity; piano technicians have to treat (compensate for) that defect and temporarily deal with the demon that drives them out of tune. Tuning is a process of compromise to compensate for the piano’s imperfection, to tune 12 notes in an octave equally spread (called equal temperament), and to leave the instrument at standard pitch from which it so frequently migrates. So how can you tell if your piano is out of tune? Play octaves and fifths. Both should sound consonant (clean) with little or no vibrato or noise. Need your piano tuned? Look for members of the Piano Technicians Guild. They are a wonderful group of people. O O Tell us a story about your or one of your colleague’s multifaceted life! E-mail vm@advanstar.com. EXTRA Dr. Pinson describes the art of piano tuning at www.vetmedpub.com VETERINARY MEDICINE August 2007 507 http://www.vetmedpub.com/vetmed/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=450537
Table of Contents Feed for the Digital Edition of Veterinary Medicine - August 2007 Contents A Veterinary Medicine Interview Veterinary Voices Idea Exchange Diagnosis and Treatment of Solar Dermatitis in Dogs Diagnostic Imaging for Linear Foreign Bodies in Cats Overcoming the Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenges of Canine Immune-Mediated Thrombocytopenia Ophthalmic drugs: What’s new? CE Form Product Preview Advertiser Index Marketplace/Classifieds Mind Over Miller Veterinary Medicine - August 2007 Veterinary Medicine - August 2007 - (Page Cover1) Veterinary Medicine - August 2007 - (Page Cover2) Veterinary Medicine - August 2007 - (Page 495) Veterinary Medicine - August 2007 - (Page 496) Veterinary Medicine - August 2007 - Contents (Page 497) Veterinary Medicine - August 2007 - Contents (Page 498) Veterinary Medicine - August 2007 - Contents (Page 499) Veterinary Medicine - August 2007 - Contents (Page 500) Veterinary Medicine - August 2007 - Contents (Page 501) Veterinary Medicine - August 2007 - Contents (Page 502) Veterinary Medicine - August 2007 - A Veterinary Medicine Interview (Page 503) Veterinary Medicine - August 2007 - A Veterinary Medicine Interview (Page 504) Veterinary Medicine - August 2007 - A Veterinary Medicine Interview (Page 505) Veterinary Medicine - August 2007 - Veterinary Voices (Page 506) Veterinary Medicine - August 2007 - Veterinary Voices (Page 507) Veterinary Medicine - August 2007 - Veterinary Voices (Page 508) Veterinary Medicine - August 2007 - Veterinary Voices (Page 509) Veterinary Medicine - August 2007 - Idea Exchange (Page 510) Veterinary Medicine - August 2007 - Idea Exchange (Page Insert1) Veterinary Medicine - August 2007 - Idea Exchange (Page Insert2) Veterinary Medicine - August 2007 - Diagnosis and Treatment of Solar Dermatitis in Dogs (Page 511) Veterinary Medicine - August 2007 - Diagnosis and Treatment of Solar Dermatitis in Dogs (Page 512) Veterinary Medicine - August 2007 - Diagnosis and Treatment of Solar Dermatitis in Dogs (Page 513) Veterinary Medicine - August 2007 - Diagnosis and Treatment of Solar Dermatitis in Dogs (Page 514) Veterinary Medicine - August 2007 - Diagnosis and Treatment of Solar Dermatitis in Dogs (Page 515) Veterinary Medicine - August 2007 - Diagnosis and Treatment of Solar Dermatitis in Dogs (Page 516) Veterinary Medicine - August 2007 - Diagnosis and Treatment of Solar Dermatitis in Dogs (Page 517) Veterinary Medicine - August 2007 - Diagnostic Imaging for Linear Foreign Bodies in Cats (Page 518) Veterinary Medicine - August 2007 - Diagnostic Imaging for Linear Foreign Bodies in Cats (Page 519) Veterinary Medicine - August 2007 - Diagnostic Imaging for Linear Foreign Bodies in Cats (Page 520) Veterinary Medicine - August 2007 - Diagnostic Imaging for Linear Foreign Bodies in Cats (Page 521) Veterinary Medicine - August 2007 - Diagnostic Imaging for Linear Foreign Bodies in Cats (Page 522) Veterinary Medicine - August 2007 - Diagnostic Imaging for Linear Foreign Bodies in Cats (Page 523) Veterinary Medicine - August 2007 - Diagnostic Imaging for Linear Foreign Bodies in Cats (Page 524) Veterinary Medicine - August 2007 - Diagnostic Imaging for Linear Foreign Bodies in Cats (Page 525) Veterinary Medicine - August 2007 - Diagnostic Imaging for Linear Foreign Bodies in Cats (Page 526) Veterinary Medicine - August 2007 - Overcoming the Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenges of Canine Immune-Mediated Thrombocytopenia (Page 527) Veterinary Medicine - August 2007 - Overcoming the Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenges of Canine Immune-Mediated Thrombocytopenia (Page 528) Veterinary Medicine - August 2007 - Overcoming the Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenges of Canine Immune-Mediated Thrombocytopenia (Page 529) Veterinary Medicine - August 2007 - Overcoming the Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenges of Canine Immune-Mediated Thrombocytopenia (Page 530) Veterinary Medicine - August 2007 - Overcoming the Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenges of Canine Immune-Mediated Thrombocytopenia (Page 531) Veterinary Medicine - August 2007 - Overcoming the Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenges of Canine Immune-Mediated Thrombocytopenia (Page 532) Veterinary Medicine - August 2007 - Overcoming the Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenges of Canine Immune-Mediated Thrombocytopenia (Page 533) Veterinary Medicine - August 2007 - Overcoming the Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenges of Canine Immune-Mediated Thrombocytopenia (Page 534) Veterinary Medicine - August 2007 - Overcoming the Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenges of Canine Immune-Mediated Thrombocytopenia (Page 534a) Veterinary Medicine - August 2007 - Overcoming the Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenges of Canine Immune-Mediated Thrombocytopenia (Page 534b) Veterinary Medicine - August 2007 - Overcoming the Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenges of Canine Immune-Mediated Thrombocytopenia (Page 534c) Veterinary Medicine - August 2007 - Overcoming the Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenges of Canine Immune-Mediated Thrombocytopenia (Page 534d) Veterinary Medicine - August 2007 - Overcoming the Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenges of Canine Immune-Mediated Thrombocytopenia (Page 535) Veterinary Medicine - August 2007 - Overcoming the Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenges of Canine Immune-Mediated Thrombocytopenia (Page 536) Veterinary Medicine - August 2007 - Overcoming the Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenges of Canine Immune-Mediated Thrombocytopenia (Page 537) Veterinary Medicine - August 2007 - Overcoming the Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenges of Canine Immune-Mediated Thrombocytopenia (Page 538) Veterinary Medicine - August 2007 - Overcoming the Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenges of Canine Immune-Mediated Thrombocytopenia (Page 539) Veterinary Medicine - August 2007 - Ophthalmic drugs: What’s new? 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