Oops. Meant to include that I was watching the Giro on my iPhone. And it would be rather difficult to watch an ETD and that the same time. On Friday, May 11, 2012, John Formsma wrote: > Hey guys, > > Hate to tell ya, but y'all are wrong about ETD use. > > If one tunes aurally, he can do other useful things with his eyes. Like > this morning...I watched the last part of today's stage in the Giro > d'Italia during my first tuning. And now reading email (and responding) > during the last one. > > At F#4 currently, tuning unisons as I go. > > Or I suppose one could also use his eyes to look at things on the piano, > which I also do. Just not when the Giro is on. > > :-) > > John Formsma > > On Friday, May 11, 2012, Jason Kanter wrote: > >> I was not making a claim, simply responding to your "I don't recall" >> statement here: >> >> *I don't understand those that think they produce a superior tuning using >>> * >> >> *just their ears,as opposed to another tuner that is using his ears AND >>> a* >> >> *machine.* >> >> * >> * >> *Me either, nor do I recall anyone - *ever* - claiming that in any of >> these discussions. ????* >> *Ron N * >> >> Personally, I side with Ron Koval - use the ETD, evaluate with your ears, >> make adjustments to the ETD settings accordingly. A marvelous tool. I use >> both Tunelab and Verituner. Tunelab is better for the first pass, on >> anything that's more than 2 cents south. Verituner is awesome for fine >> tuning. Both are robots that need intelligent instructions. >> >> >> On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 11:47 AM, Ron Nossaman <rnossaman at cox.net> wrote: >> >>> On 5/11/2012 1:28 PM, Jason Kanter wrote: >>> >>>> Well, Ron, there was the classic Virgil vs Coleman tune-off that spawned >>>> a lot of discussion about Virgil's aural method as superior in some >>>> respects. >>>> >>> >>> Meaning what? As I recall, Jim got about half of the votes too, and >>> neither of these folks is representative of either aural or ETD tuners. >>> Both are rather extraordinary. >>> Ron N >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> *| || ||| || ||| || ||| || ||| || ||| || ||| || |||* >> jason's cell 425 830 1561 >> >> > > -- > John Formsma, RPT > Blue Mountain, MS > > -- John Formsma, RPT Blue Mountain, MS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20120511/7cf215c4/attachment.htm>
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