get yourself a Cadillac and enjoy the ride

[Avery Todd]

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Peter,

You've obviously got waaaaaaaay more patience than I. Or something. :-)
Even "with" an ETD.

Avery

At 09:09 PM 2/11/04, you wrote:
>Another vote for ETD.
>
>Of the five pianos today, three were in a fancy hotel / convention=20
>center.  The first was in the "Tavern" where the folks listening to=20
>elevator music were competing with those sitting at the bar watching T.V.,=
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>laughing and I guess telling jokes (I wear musicians plugs).  The second=20
>was a console in a room with a fancy name that really just means=20
>"windows."  The staff were busy setting up chairs, tables, silverware,=20
>plates and, oh yes, testing the sound equipment.  Before I was through one=
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>of the big wigs told me there was one more they wanted me to do but, "this=
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>is a new one, so you won't have any trouble with it."  So he took me to=20
>it.  It was 100 - 200 cents flat, a spinet sitting in the kitchen.  Yes,=20
>the kitchen.  They assured me they weren't going to leave it there, but=20
>thought it was a good place to have it tuned.  I think I set A4 to a=20
>clanging pot in the sink and my ascending thirds were synchronized to the=
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>clacking casters on the cumbersome carts that carried who knows what.  The=
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>ETD almost saved the day (Tune-Lab Pocket), I still needed some BC powder=
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>when I got back to my car.
>
>Peter Lamos
>Brunswick, GA
>
>
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On=20
>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=20
>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=20
>Technicians Association (the VvPN) and I was also among the small group of=
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>these new VvPN members who created the very first tuning test in Europe=20
>where you could test the tuning electronically with the aid of an ETD (at=
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>the time a SAT) and a computer program, just like they have been done (and=
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>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=
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>with a high enough score, and I have seen many colleagues who, after they=
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>had proved their professional ability, were very proud that they had dared=
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>to do this risky test.
>They had shown that they were able to make a very good tuning, and we all=
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>know that there are many colleagues out there who are not capable of=20
>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=20
>Deities for my beloved 'box'.
>You know why?
>Because my box creates for me a tuning of such high quality that it will=20
>take me at least a Month's training of steady high-trapeze-tuning to reach=
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>the same accuracy.
>But I would never be able to make money with it, because such a fabulous=20
>concert tuning would take me hours, and afterwards I would be exhausted,=20
>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=20
>tuning, and I am very happy because I don't get exhausted, don't have a=20
>lot of tuning stress, and I can, instead, concentrate on making beautiful=
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>and strong unisons.
>
>Especially somewhat older tuners, who have paid their tuning dues so to=20
>speak, go into their second tuning wind when they discover the ease and=20
>joy of a good ETD.
>Because they have already tuned piano's aurally for many years, they know=
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>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=20
>to charge the battery of my box, so the next day I had to tune this very=20
>difficult Steinway belonging to this very difficult customer.
>To be honest with you, I got chagrined because it was late in the=20
>afternoon and my energy level was down, and I was not looking forward to=20
>having to do it again 'by ear'.
>However, I of course tuned the thing and after only a few uncertain=20
>minutes I was back full swing and was having fun, trying to do the puzzle=
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>again for the zillionth time.
>
>I can tell you something else :
>Just because my ears have been sharpened by the superior ETD tuning, my=20
>musical hearing wants to duplicate the refined regularity that I have been=
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>hearing for years through the use of my sophisticated ETD. So my tuning=20
>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=
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>an ETD for years.
>
>Again : there are many many excellent aural tuners in the world who, at a=
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>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=20
>that they enjoy making a superb tuning.
>I am all for learning to tune aurally and then tune aurally for years,=20
>just to become well trained.
>
>After that goal has been reached I would say : get yourself a Cadillac,=20
>and enjoy the ride.
>
>
>friendly greetings
>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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