Joe, Richard, >From: Joseph Garrett <joegarrett@earthlink.net> >The Test Piano is tuned by an aural tuner. >Then it is reviewed and tweaked by, at least, two >other Aural tuners, until they agree on all aspects >of the tuning. THEN, the tuning is Measured and Recorded >via an ETD, (or Measured by ETD and Recorded on a >"hard copy".). The wording here, while in essence is correct, might have caused you to misinterpret the actual procedure, and therefore resulted in the response you gave. Hopefully, what follows will detail just a little more the process as I recall. One person does not tune the entire piano, and then two others come along and review that tuning. There is a Certified Tuning Examiner, who is a Registered Piano Technician, and two Registered Piano Technicians that tune a test piano as a team. They must be in agreement every step of the tuning process. Having arrived at consensus throughout various phases of setting up the test piano, an Electronic Tuning Device (ETD), that is sanctioned by a special testing committee of the Piano Technicians Guild (PTG) used to record that consensus. It can be quite an exhaustive process. The ETD in an invaluable aid to the process! It is quite a time saver to record the information, so subsequent tunings done by testees don't have to be aurally agreed upon over and over, especially when there are several candidates to be tested. The set-up process determines the goal for the candidates to attempt to achieve on the test piano. It only takes participation as a test candidate, or as one of the examiniers to grasp the significance of the time involved to make such a activity happen. What I have posted only scratches the surface of the commitment given by those dedicated persons. This input is what I recall from having taken the PTG tuning examination, having witnessed the PTG tuning examination piano being set-up and in having participated as one of the three persons in administering the PTG tuning examination. If any of the information I have presented is not accurately described in good faith, please don't hesitate to correct it. Respectfully, Keith McGavern Registered Piano Technician Oklahoma Chapter 731 Piano Technicians Guild USA At 10:55 PM -0500 6/25/03, Richard Moody wrote: > >Before the candidate tunes the piano, >why does the piano need to be "recorded" by an ETD? Why can't the >candidate's tuning simply be "reviewed by {the same} "two other >Aural >> tuners, until they agree on all aspects of the tuning." What >does recording their agreement onto a machine accomplish? If they >agreed without a machine on the "master tuning" why can't they do >the same for the candidate tuning? > >It makes sense to evaluate a machine tuning with or by a machine. >But to evaluate an aural tuning, >logically it should be done by aural tuners. >That the Guild doesn't issue "aural certificates" or "machine >certificates" I think is missing out on a significant issue of >interest >to many in the Music Industry and the private sector as >well. ----rm > > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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