Tuning

[Barbara Richmond]

Greetings David,

I don't know about your analogy, but ETDs are tools that are remarkably accurate (and can make short work of big jobs), though the ear is always the final judge.  There will always be strong opinions about them--on both sides.  Having learned to tune aurally and years later purchasing an ETD, I can tell you that there are advantages and disadvantages to both methods.  The discussion has been had a billion times, I think.  

Barbara Richmond, RPT
near Peoria, Illinois


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: David Lawson 
  To: pianotech at ptg.org 
  Sent: Sunday, July 09, 2006 6:39 PM
  Subject: Tuning


  G'day to you all.
  As an oldie, and an aural tuner, and knowing very little about electronic tuning devices, I am amazed at the amount of reference there is to the later. Are there still people being taught aural tuning, or have those days gone? I find the ear to be the best way to judge what is required from a tuning of a particular piano. I may be wrong, however using an ETD seems to me to be similar to playing a digital keyboard, you get what they give you. Am I way off the beam, or just a little too old to judge?
  Love the banter.
  David Lawson  Wangaratta   Australia.
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