Teaching.

[Kevin E. Ramsey]

I agree with Newton, first you have to have the basic knowledge of how to
tune. You must be able to tune a pure unison so that it's pure at least at
the third harmonic. You must be able to tune a piano totally to a fork, (at
least well enough that you can demonstrate that you really do know what you
are doing.) Maybe then you can take up an EDT to make your life easier. Only
then will you know if the machine is giving you something that is correct
for the piano that you are tuning.
    What gives "machine" tuners a bad name, is when someone who doesn't know
the above basics picks one up, and calls himself a "piano tuner". I
acknowledge that an amateur, if he's using an Accu-tuner or better EDT, can
make a piano sound OK. But he'll never really be able to make that same
instrument sing if he (or she) doesn't have a clue as to what they're doing.

--- Original Message -----
From: "Newton Hunt" <nhunt@jagat.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2001 10:42 AM
Subject: Re: Teaching.


> >  comment on the use
> >  of ETD's in teaching.
>
> Don't.  Teach aural first.  When the student can tune well
> then taking up and EDT should be his choice.  Been there,
> made that mistake.
>
> Everything else said so far I agree with.
> --
> Newton Hunt
> Highland Park, NJ
> mailto:nhunt@jagat.com
>
>