Affleck Piano Tuning?(and Yamaha PT100/Verituner) - Tom

[Z! Reinhardt]

+Comments below+

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Driscoll" <tomtuner@attbi.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 2:02 AM
Subject: RE: Affleck Piano Tuning?(and Yamaha PT100/Verituner) - Tom


Matt, I passed the test aurally and now use an acutuner, for
background, and I wasn't being contentious in my previous post, but do
take exception to your comments about "machine tunings".
I make my modest living on piano tunings not machine tunings.

+Make no mistake -- a good ETD can't be beat for such gruntwork jobs as
pitch corrections or working in noisy environments.  They're also good at
giving you feedback on unisons and tuning stability.  I know I've learned a
lot from my SAT, which I bought after passing the CTE exam.+

Perhaps I'm being a bit sensitive, but I saw first hand, (long
before ever using an ETD) the resistance and bias against ETD's in the
70's. (Just ask Dr. Sanderson)

+That resistance is still alive and well in some parts of this world ... and
there is a growing faction of people (piano teachers in particular, it
seems) who insist on "machine-tunings" only.  The not-so-secret to success
is to be able to judge the outcome of a tuning regardless of whether it was
done aurally or by machine.  A corrollary to that would be to know the
machine you're working with (along with the characteristics of the piano)
well enough to "dupe" it into giving you the tunings you want for that
piano.  Then you can do the final fusswork by ear and not sweat buckets of
blood over it.  If this is a piano you tune frequently, you can record the
edited tuning "for future use," especially if this piano is in a noisy
environment.+

This discussion has been beaten to death over the years and you
have the right to your opinion but each method needs to be respected,
not denigrated. I'm not looking for a "snip Fest"
Respectfully
Tom Driscoll RPT

+Z! Reinhardt  RPT
Ann Arbor  MI
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