On 23 Dec 95 at 0:19, Sy Zabrocki wrote Electronic Tuning: > Occasionally there is some slight reference as to whether the Accu-Tuner or > any electronic tuning aid (ETA) is accurate. I tuned aurally for 31 years > and scoffed at the Sight-O-Tuner for years. Who wants to fuss with all that > measuring and fiddle with the calculator card. Being a electronic nut it > interested me but still it seemed like too much trouble. Hi, My experience has been somewhat similar to Sy's, although not nearly as long.(g) I did not get an SAT till the FAC came out and now find it an important tool in my toolkit. As a tool, it is only as good as the tool-pusher.(Even with the best screwdriver, you can still butter the head) When I first got it, I went thru a 6 month or so period of "testing" it and myself. I finally decided that we were in agreement and use it all the time now. I still listen and test my tunings aurally and actually enjoy that process also, because it is like a song to me. The thread on perfect pitch is an interesting one. Perfect pitch is right up there with "You must be a performing artist or a teacher" questions that clients ask me.(g) A local technician did an informal study of 5 or so of his clients that were said to have perfect pitch. His findings were interesting. One person, indeed had pretty remarkable pitch recognition. Some were better with some notes that others. One person could nail the naturals, but had trouble with the sharps.(Her mother had been a beginning piano teacher, so maybe this woman had grown up listening to the key of C) One question I always have about perfect pitch is what did the people a hundred or two years ago do when the pitch used to vary, I understand, from 430 (or lower) to 462? Was their pitch only accurate in the Duke of Fifedom's palace? Merry Christmas. Ken Hale, RPT PianoDB: http://www.dcalcoda.com kenhale@dcalcoda CIS 74633,2474 Nevada County PC Users Group HomePage http://www.nccn.net/~ncpcug/welcome.htm
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