---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Jimmenees David... I was just curious... didnt mean to start any controversy or anything... I thought it was a fair question... at least as fair as the origional one was anyways. Besides... you and I both know that your analogy below is not really quite applicable. Tuning is and always will be a creative endeavour. The minute, nay... the second you turn it into something purely mechanical is the day the beauty of tuning dies. Merry Christmas ! "David M. Porritt" wrote: > Richard: Hmmmm! This "poll" was about how many used ETDs > and how many don't. I don't recall anything about feeling > competent to use only their ears. I weighed in as an ETD > user, but that doesn't mean I don't feel competent to use > only my ears. I just generally choose not to. Why is it > that there is that group who thinks it wonderful to use > gram scales that weigh to 0.01 gram, calipers to measure > to 0.0001 inch, but think precision tuning tools are > beneath them? dave *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** > > On 12/22/01 at 8:47 PM Richard Brekne wrote: > > Terry...... I wonder if you can extrapolate out > of the information you have recieved so far how > many tuners feel themselves competent to tune > with ears only, and how many feel that it is > neccessary to be able to use the ears to > doublecheck the ETDs' > > _____________________________ > -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. Bergen, Norway mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/55/03/7b/f8/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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