A tool is not necessarily a crutch; but a crutch is definately a tool. I've had RPT's tell me they couldn't do an aural tuning if their life depended on it. Yet they are doing concert work and getting around quite well with their crutch. Their tunings turn out different than mine and I also use a "crutch". I like my tunings better. An electronic tuning device is a complex tool designed to aid in completing a complex job. I think our ability to manipulate such a tool to gain our reward is as important as the tool itself. (Same goes for crutches!) Bruce Waller, RPT papabruski@juno.com Re a Hale Sight-o-Tuner, Greg wrote: I'm somewhat interested in this unit but I confess to not know much about it. I have been an aural tuner for some 12 years now and am now comfortable with my skills. I'm concerned that using one of these devices will produce the "canned" or "compressed" tuning I always seem to be following up out in the field. What I am looking for is a tool not a crutch as soo many seem to use these devices for. Can you help me understand just what this items capabilities are? Greg Greg & Mary Ellen Newell gnewell@en.com dt945@cleveland.freenet.edu gnewell@juno.com
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