Isn't it easier to just get the pitch and possibly the temperament >> octave tuned with a digital tuning tool and tune the remainder of the piano >> by ear? Why save a tuning in a computer? Doesn't this take a lot >> longer to get through a tuning if you are constantly fiddling with the tuner >> to get the next pitch for the next key on the piano? >> > >> Daryl Matthies >> Mathis Piano Service >> West Bend, WI pianotec@hscinc.com >> >> >Congratulations, Daryl! > >This could be a very interesting thread, indeed! > >I have done exactly as you say you do, for many years now, and I plan to >continue. I can remember the days when I was often asked< "You don't >tune with a machine, do you? It seems that the customers had learned that >equipment is often used as a substitute for skill and patience. > >I could go on, but let's just start by suggesting that the doctor not >forget to focus on the patient instead of the monitor... > >OK, guys and gals, Have at it! > >Gordon Wilson >Keyboard Studio >Urbana, IL So let me get this straight. You go to the doctor with a pain in your chest. He wants to do a MRI. You say "Doc, just put away that newfangled monitor gizmo and come over here and thump on my chest." I think that it is a mistake to equate some people's fear of or incompetence in using technology with other people's ability to use it effectively. If you are a good tuner, you'll produce good tunings with or without an electronic aid. The reverse is also true. This argument has already wasted enough space on this list. Check the archives. ---- Rick Florence, Piano Technician Arizona State University School of Music Rick.Florence@ASU.Edu
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