[pianotech] Old can of worms (was Re: tunelab vs verituner)

[Terry Beckingham]

Why don't all of you guys just ignore Duaine. Then maybe he will go away. 
He is just baiting everyone with his comments. You don't have to bite the 
bait. Just ignore him.

Terry Beckingham RPT

At 01:04 PM 5/7/2012 -0500, you wrote:
>Duaine, I'm certainly no prude..but I find no use for using swear words on 
>this list.  My vocabulary is likely more salty than anyone's in person, 
>but in an email to my peers, there's no reason.
>If you put as much energy into learning aural tuning as you doing 
>complaining about the test, you could probably pass it.
>gary
>
>
>
>On 5/7/2012 11:54 AM, Duaine Hechler wrote:
>>Sorry, but I will never get past this, as long as the organization still 
>>has the - damn - aural tuning test !
>>
>>Just sayin'
>>
>>On 05/07/2012 09:31 AM, David Love wrote:
>>>I thought we've gotten past this.  I know many professionals who tune 
>>>with ETDs and don't necessarily do aural checks other than unisons.
>>>And I know a few aural tuners who don't necessarily deliver very good 
>>>tunings in spite of all their aural checks.
>>>
>>>David Love
>>>www.davidlovepianos.com
>>>
>>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On 
>>>Behalf Of Duaine Hechler
>>>Sent: Monday, May 07, 2012 12:21 AM
>>>To: pianotech at ptg.org
>>>Subject: [pianotech] Old can of worms (was Re: tunelab vs verituner)
>>>
>>>On 05/07/2012 12:45 AM, tnrwim at aol.com wrote:
>>>>Duane.
>>>>
>>>>A "real" professional piano tuner uses  a ETD, and then checks it 
>>>>aurally. Those that only uses a ETD are just taking money from 
>>>>customers to tune the piano. That doesn't necessarily make them a professional.
>>>>
>>>>Wim
>>>
>>