Ed Foote wrote: > I have seen quacks masquerading as experts for the entire time I have been in the trade. Alas, too true. > . Human interest > pieces that take pictures of beautiful,old uprights that just glow; never mind the totally shot pinning, bass strings, and actions inside that the > writer has no idea about. Once in a blue moon, out here, the inside glows as much or more than the outside. I saw one big old upright which had lived in the high desert in Montana, dry all year long. When it came to California, untuned for twenty years, it went a quarter tone sharp above 440. Under a very light coating of light grey dust it was ---- like new. > ( I haven't met a female tech,yet, that wasn't dedicated to serious > piano work), THANK YOU FOR THIS, ED! Truly. > I tuned aurally only for many years, and I understand it. I have used a SAT for some years now, and I understand it. I think I can hit my target > with either, but I haven't seen acompletely top flight tuning done by anyone with undeveloped aural skills. I know they might be out there, I just haven't seen them. > It's very nearly impossible to prove a negative. There might be --- one, a few ... but how could we know? Susan -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20120526/d65fcdab/attachment-0001.htm>
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