Tuning/sight impaired ETD

[pianotune05]

Hi Israel,
That sounds great!  I'll drop Bill an e-mail.  I'm looking forward to 
hearing about his ETD.  Thanks again Israel. I appreciate this.
Marshall
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Israel Stein " <custos3 at comcast.net>
To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2006 3:48 PM
Subject: Re:Tuning/sight impaired ETD


> 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