Subject: Re: My first tuning attempt

[centipod at mac.com]

David,

For me, using the ETD device (in my case Reyburn Cybertuner) allows  
for a very interesting and helpful extension of my senses into the  
visual (and I suppose the abstract mathematical, ie. computing)  
realm. I tuned strictly aurally for 17 years, and I didn't stop  
listening when I  incorporated the computer into my tuning. It  
facilitates a certain kind of optimized focus of my energies, and  
increased productivity and consistency. It provides certain checks  
and balances - an outside arbitrator, so to speak, whose advice I can  
either agree with or override. I don't have to re-invent the wheel so  
much every time I tune. I can allow the computer to assist the  
process by doing the things it does best, while I do the things I do  
best. It injects more feedback into the tuning experience. I've never  
looked at it as a "taking away", but rather an adding to. Tuning is  
still just as visceral (as well as abstract) an experience as it was  
when I was tuning strictly by ear. There's just a different balancing  
and managing of priorities.

That's my take on how using the ETD enhances my tunings.

Sincerely,

Allen Wright, RPT


[David wrote:

I can't say, with surety, that what happened with John will, or does,  
happen with every aural tuner that makes the switch to mainly ETD  
tuning. I sincerely hope not. Because the most precious tool, the  
biggest asset, the real payoff in terms of a successful business for  
us artisans is our exponentially enhanced ability to listen---and  
feel--- in a focused, calm, attentive, relaxed way.

I guess the question I have for all you ETD users is this, and I  
would deeply appreciate honesty here: where is your attention when  
you tune a piano? Do you listen in a focused, calm, attentive,  
relaxed way, giving your self to the world of sound? Or are you "on  
automatic," and free to roam through your thoughts, dreams, and  
schemes, putting the bulk of your attention on the stream of dialog  
in your head?

David Andersen]






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