MY ETD IS MADE BY SIEMENS-- IT'S CALLED A HEARING AID

[David Ilvedson]

Ron,

Looking back at you post, I can see you were just boasting to let everyone know you can still tune even with an hearing aid.   Glad to hear it....your imploring us to get our hear checked is great.   Thanks...

But, since many of us ETD users have tuned with a tuning fork and our ears for years before adding the ETD to our tool kit, we know what how much it helps and mproves our tuning abilities.    Most of us just kind of smile when we read a post like yours...

David Ilvedson, RPT






Original message
From: "RON MAY, RPT" 
To: "Pianotech List" 
Received: 3/18/2006 5:24:36 PM
Subject: Re: MY ETD IS MADE BY SIEMENS-- IT'S CALLED A HEARING AID


"Well, sorry to tell ya, but you strike out there also. Sanderson accutuner has no screen - just an LED array."
 
 
And Terry, why do I even care.
 
I started this posting with the idea of doing nothing but urging  tuners to care about yourselves and your hearing enough to go get your hearing checked. I wanted to do nothing but take the possible fear of using a hearing aid away. All I did was mention that I was 69 years old and had been an Aural tuner forever and at this point in my life seen no reason to go out and invest in an ETD. If you like yours, terrific. All I have received from you and most of the ETDers is a bunch of crap. I couldn't care less if you tune your  pianos using a harmonica.
 
There are tuners out there that need encouragement to go get their hearing checked.  This whole post began as nothing more than trying to help these people.
 
The statistics show that half of the population over 60 has hearing loss of some sort.  I would bet that half of the tuners over w35 or 40 have hearing loss and especially aural tuners.
 
As far as striking out Terry Farrell,  I've hit home runs over your swelled head for close to 50 years so you know what you can do with your Sanderson. And while you are doing that you just might lower yourself down to the point of GETTING YOUR STUPID HEARING CHECKED.

I AM OUT OF HERE
 
GOOD BY.
 
RON MAY, RPT
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Farrell 
To: Pianotech List 
Sent: Saturday, March 18, 2006 12:10 PM
Subject: Re: MY ETD IS MADE BY SIEMENS-- IT'S CALLED A HEARING AID


 
"I will also admit to you that about the only thing I know about an ETD other than Siemens of course, is that it has a screen."
 
Well, sorry to tell ya, but you strike out there also. Sanderson accutuner has no screen - just an LED array.
 
Terry Farrell
 
----- Original Message ----- 
 
Wow!
 
Why are you ETD ers so touchy.  I don't think I said one thing against tuners that use ETD's other than my experience with the old lady. Have you gotten so touchy about the mere mention of aural tuning you take it as an attack. The fact is that I have thought many times about investing in one. It would be especially nice as you say in noisy situations and I guess I can see that it probably could be a help in pitch raise and if you prefer to use them that is fine. I also know and have a number of friends that use them and are excellent "RPT" tuners.
 
I will also admit to you that about the only thing I know about an ETD other than Siemens of course, is that it has a screen.  I know that you are now going to say I should go check them out.  Folks, I am 69 years old as of last week and going on 22. If I bought one of those things, my teacher, Dr. William Braid White would do a back flip in his grave.I have cut my work load down to three pianos a day. I retired when I quit working on Saturday. I also wouldn't think about tuning a piano before 10am or after 4 pm. I can tune a piano, usually in an hour to an hour and a half. I take in one action at a time and am backed up on action work for about 3 months--yeh! I do it because I like to do it and I do it when I want to.
 
Don't be so bloomin touchy ETDers.  I have got one question. How do you hear the piano when you have plugs in your ears?
 
On page 57 under Tuning in the Steinway Technical service guide. ( you ought to get one) I quote:
"Steinway & Sons stresses the importance of aural tuning.  Developing piano tone is a mechanical and musical art. Solid aural tuning exercises and develops the musical ear, giving the technician a greater ability to master the methods used in tone building."
 
You don't need to holler and get upset with me----Holler at Mr. Steinway.
 
Some day I think I will probably check the ETDs out if for no other reason but curiosity.  There is maybe one thing you ETDers can help me with. Just about every week or two I get a call from someone in the area who has just had their piano tuned and are very unhappy with the extreme last octave in the bass. This isn't just one tuner that I run into.  Invariably the last octave is so far sharp it is dissonant. Any kid with a years lessons would hear it. There is no way any tuner has listened to this. Is there something about ETDs that don't hear that last octave?
 
Hang loose people. There are plenty pianos out there for all of us.
 
Ron



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