get yourself a Cadillac and enjoy the ride

[Peter Lamos]

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Another vote for ETD.
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Of the five pianos today, three were in a fancy hotel / convention
center.  The first was in the "Tavern" where the folks listening to
elevator music were competing with those sitting at the bar watching
T.V., laughing and I guess telling jokes (I wear musicians plugs).  The
second was a console in a room with a fancy name that really just means
"windows."  The staff were busy setting up chairs, tables, silverware,
plates and, oh yes, testing the sound equipment.  Before I was through
one of the big wigs told me there was one more they wanted me to do but,
"this is a new one, so you won't have any trouble with it."  So he took
me to it.  It was 100 - 200 cents flat, a spinet sitting in the kitchen.
Yes, the kitchen.  They assured me they weren't going to leave it there,
but thought it was a good place to have it tuned.  I think I set A4 to a
clanging pot in the sink and my ascending thirds were synchronized to
the clacking casters on the cumbersome carts that carried who knows
what.  The ETD almost saved the day (Tune-Lab Pocket), I still needed
some BC powder when I got back to my car. =20
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Peter Lamos
Brunswick, GA =20
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From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On
Behalf Of antares
Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 6:05 PM
To: Pianotech
Subject: get yourself a Cadillac and enjoy the ride



On 10-feb-04, at 22:52, Michael Gamble wrote:


Michael,
I beg to differ with you on this issue about ETD's.
I know actually many tuners here in Holland, but also abroad, who are
highly experienced aural tuners and who, nevertheless, now tune with an
ETD.
In Holland I was among the first members of the then new Dutch Piano
Technicians Association (the VvPN) and I was also among the small group
of these new VvPN members who created the very first tuning test in
Europe where you could test the tuning electronically with the aid of an
ETD (at the time a SAT) and a computer program, just like they have been
done (and do) for a long time in the USA.

Let me tell you, it was not an easy task to do a tuning test and walk
away with a high enough score, and I have seen many colleagues who,
after they had proved their professional ability, were very proud that
they had dared to do this risky test.=20
They had shown that they were able to make a very good tuning, and we
all know that there are many colleagues out there who are not capable of
making a tuning at that same level I just described.

Many of these 'tested' tuners now use a tuning device, myself included.
I have tuned too many piano's aurally, and I thank the electronic tuning
Deities for my beloved 'box'.
You know why?
Because my box creates for me a tuning of such high quality that it will
take me at least a Month's training of steady high-trapeze-tuning to
reach the same accuracy.
But I would never be able to make money with it, because such a fabulous
concert tuning would take me hours, and afterwards I would be exhausted,
whereas my ETD allows me to do the very same but within one hour, hello!
So my customers are happy because they can count on a very high quality
tuning, and I am very happy because I don't get exhausted, don't have a
lot of tuning stress, and I can, instead, concentrate on making
beautiful and strong unisons.

Especially somewhat older tuners, who have paid their tuning dues so to
speak, go into their second tuning wind when they discover the ease and
joy of a good ETD.
Because they have already tuned piano's aurally for many years, they
know very well how to tune a piano when the battery of their ETD is low.
Some time ago, I came back from a short trip abroad, and I had forgotten
to charge the battery of my box, so the next day I had to tune this very
difficult Steinway belonging to this very difficult customer.
To be honest with you, I got chagrined because it was late in the
afternoon and my energy level was down, and I was not looking forward to
having to do it again 'by ear'.
However, I of course tuned the thing and after only a few uncertain
minutes I was back full swing and was having fun, trying to do the
puzzle again for the zillionth time.

I can tell you something else :
Just because my ears have been sharpened by the superior ETD tuning, my
musical hearing wants to duplicate the refined regularity that I have
been hearing for years through the use of my sophisticated ETD. So my
tuning ability has not gone away and has not lessened at all.
I feel very good that I can make a real good tuning even after having
used an ETD for years.

Again : there are many many excellent aural tuners in the world who, at
a certain moment, just like me, have made a switch from aural to
electronic.
I think most of these will testify that they have an easier life now and
that they enjoy making a superb tuning.
I am all for learning to tune aurally and then tune aurally for years,
just to become well trained.

After that goal has been reached I would say : get yourself a Cadillac,
and enjoy the ride.


friendly greetings=20
from
Andr=E9 Oorebeek

Amsterdam -
The Netherlands

0031-20-6237357
0645-492389
0031-75-6226878
www.concertpianoservice.nl
www.grandpiano.nl






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