I'm just saying get the starting A (or C if that's what is familiar) and go ahead and tune it by ear but with an accurate starting point. Take the normal A set it to -50 cents, tune, and turn it off. Or have it give an audible tone at 427.47 and tune as you always do. I'd not want to guess at the starting pitch for an event like that. dp David M. Porritt, RPT dporritt at smu.edu -----Original Message----- From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Ron Nossaman Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2010 4:00 PM To: caut at ptg.org Subject: Re: [CAUT] Corigliano Porritt, David wrote: >Has our ego > about never-using-an-ETD gotten that out of control? If you don't have > an ETD, borrow one. I wouldn't call it ego, but rather an unfamiliarity with the device. I registered Tunelab97 way back when, to use for chip tuning and casual physics prospecting in the shop. Since I use it so seldom, it takes me a looong time to go over a piano with it. For a seasoned and habitual ETD user, it's nothing special, but if I was in Zeno's position I'd not much like having to put in the time to become comfortable with it for one concert, or just wing it one-off. Yea yea, I know - a *REAL* professional should be able to seamlessly accommodate any random demand no matter how aberrant. Ron N
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