Not to deliberately start this war all over again - BUT - if she is expected to learn aural tuning - FIRST - trust me - she will drop tuning in a heart beat (no pun intended). To let her "dabble", its best with an ETD ! IMHO, Duaine On 06/05/2012 01:09 AM, Paul McCloud wrote: > Cheapest ETD is probably TuneLab, or a used Accutuner. > She should try tuning unisons first, to get a feel for using the hammer. If she can't do unisons, an ETD isn't > going to help much. Learning to tune by ear is actually the cheapest way, and she'll have more fun learning to hear > beats, etc. Aural tuning is more interesting than watching lights or a screen. These won't tell you much about > what's going on behind the scenes. My guess is, if you lent her your ETD and let her try tuning, she'd give up in a > short while. Without some kind of motive ($$$) other than intellectual stimulation, the learning curve is too steep > for most people. If she just wants to dabble on her own piano, trust me she'll become a very loyal customer in a VERY > short time when she finds out it isn't all that easy to do. > My too scents. > Paul McCloud > SaN DIeGo > > On 06/04/2012 10:47 PM, Tom Gorley wrote: >> The 50 year old daughter of a former client wants to dabble with piano >> tuning. She doesn't want to go into business, just learn something new. >> She wants to get a middle-of-the-road hammer. Does anyone have an >> opinion on a basic ETD for her? >> * >> * >> **Tom Gorley >>> Registered Piano Technician >>> **(650) 948-9522 >> >> >> > -- Duaine Hechler Piano, Player Piano, Pump Organ Tuning, Servicing& Rebuilding Reed Organ Society Member Florissant, MO 63034 (314) 838-5587 dahechler at att.net www.hechlerpianoandorgan.com -- Home& Business user of Linux - 11 years
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