Tuning

[Marcel Carey]

HI,
 
I have a trainee that learned aurally and is almost just out of school.
She started aurally, but with the pianos we are dealing with, the
biggest problem is setting the pins. They are sure hard to turn. At the
beginning, she didn't want to use the ETD I offered. But after a week of
frustration (mostly from my part cause she was taking way too much time
to listen), I forced the ETD on her telling her she would get much more
experience setting pins accurately (you can see it drifting if not set).
Also, the most important interval in piano tuning is still and always
will be unisons. These are still done by ear. For a beginner, the use of
an ETD will lessen the time to set temperament, give the person the
chance to turn more tuning pins per day (concentrating on unisons) and
make the employer (me) happier because I know what the tunings will get
done.
 
I still tune aurally some days and some pianos. It makes me feel good.
But some days, I'm glad I have it. Sometimes I  will cheat on the
machine if I don't agree, but like some others said:  It's a tool, and a
darn good one at that.
 
Marcel Carey, RPT
Sherbrooke, QC


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From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On
Behalf Of David Lawson
Sent: Sunday, July 09, 2006 4:40 PM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
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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