Aural versus ETD tuning training

[Ron Nossaman]

>Just how do you go about following behind another technician?  Do
>you wait outside their house and follow them to their customer's
>piano, then ring the door afterwards to check out the piano?...;-]

That would be stalking, I think.


>I'm not sure I ever have followed another piano technician close
>enough to determine how well the piano was tuned.  How long does
>that "perfect" tuning last anyway?  Couple hours?  Couple days?
>
>David I.

I have - a couple of days. She called the evening of the afternoon it was 
tuned, and I got her in as soon as I could. This has happened with both 
aural, and ETD tuners. I can often tell who the last tuner was a year after 
the last tuning by what remains. It's easier to do that with an aural 
tuning, naturally.

I always found it much easier tuning when I follow (but not stalk) myself. 
Otherwise, I have to re-train the darn thing.

Ron N