Dear Brian & List, I read the comments regarding tuning aurally or with the assist of an ETD with interest. I began tuning with a machine and dispensed with it ASAP. For 20 years I tuned aurally successfully. My partner, Elizabeth Ward, who is the finest aural tuner I have ever followed persuaded me to try an SAT almost 2 years ago. Last December I began using TuneLab 97. I found that the ETDs I had derided as an aural tuner were much improved over the machine I started with. Actually, the challenge of interacting with the ETD has forced me to become a better listener. The darn things just don't have a bad day! I would encourage any of you that has not taken time to find out more about modern ETDs to attend classes on CyberTuner, AccuTuner, and TuneLab97 that will be offered at the Annual Convention in Arlington. I believe you will be intrigued. The consistency, accuracy, and programmability of the new crop of ETDs are certainly impressive. Also, if you are interested in reproducing historical or non equal temperaments they are certainly useful. (See Ed Foote or David Lamoreaux teach on this in Arlington also) Finally, it is possible to tune an F3 to F4 temperament with an A fork Brian. That is what I learned to do from George Defebaugh's classes. I thought it was the only way for a long time. I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now to quote Bob Dylan. To take my ETD you will have to pry my cold dead fingers off of it. See ya'll in ARLINGTON! Dale Dale Probst Institute Director PTG Annual Convention Arlington, VA--July 5-9,2000 wardprobst@cst.net (940)691-3682 voice (940) 691-6843 fax
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