On 05/12/2012 04:58 PM, tnrwim at aol.com wrote: > > I'm curious to know if things have changed in the last several years. When I was a CTE, the master tuning was done > totally aurally by a CTE as best he/she could. Then two others came in and they all three went over the tuning > with a fine tooth comb to make it as good an aural tuning as possible for that particular piano. Then that was > recorded into the ETD.and became the Master Tuning against which other tunings were measured. > > This is the way the master tuning is done. The piano may initially be tuned using an ETD, but then the CTE, and two > other RPT's aurally go over the piano, tweaking the tuning to the best of their combined ability. The final result is > then entered into the ETD. The examinees' tuning is then entered into the ETD, and the two are compared by the program > in the ETD. Only the CTE knows which notes are "bad", which the other two RPT's and the examinee then verifies as > being 'bad", or if the notes are acceptable. > Wim > SO, it sounds like the "initial" tuning is done with an ETD - - - - does that include the temperament too ?? -- 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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