Tuning/sight impaired ETD

[Israel Stein]

Marshall,

Check with Bill Gerrey, who is a vision-impaired piano tuner in San Francisco whose primary employment is with the Smith-Kettlewell Institute where he designs and modifies tools and appliances for the vision-impaired. He has been working on an ETD for the vision impaired for at least 5 years now and I know for a fact that he has several working prototypes. 

You can reach him at <bilge at ski.org> 

Israel Stein




>From:		Tom Sivak <tvaktvak at sbcglobal.net>  [ Save Address ]
>Subject:		Re: Tuning/sight impaired ETD

>Marshall,
 
>I had dinner with David Carpenter a couple of years ago and he told me he was working on an adaptation for his Verituner for the sight impaired tuner.  He had gotten a grant from the government, I believe, to work on this project.  You might inquire with him about it.  Perhaps there is a prototype or Beta version available.
 
>Tom Sivak

>>pianotune05 <pianotune05 at comcast.net> wrote:

 >> Hi David,
 >>   I tune by ear, and I'm a new guy on the block and holding my ground I do add. ;)  In fact, I tried using ear plugs while tuning and that worked great.   I'm sight impaired and I have trouble reading the displays on these ETDs.  The lights I can see fine.  I think they have their place IMHO, :) but for me it's easier to just hone the skill of aural tuning. 
>>    Marshall