[CAUT] electronic tuning device preference?

[Richard Brekne]

Yes he / she will indeed do so.  And for the more accomplished in our 
trade I would submit this is one of the advantages of an aural tuner 
over an ETD.  Tho again... the level of precision we (I at least) are 
talking about is well beyond any discussion of what is way more then 
acceptable as an excellent concert tuning.  This <<inconsistancy>> (at 
this level of work at least) is where human intuition and creativity 
takes over.  Whether that matters significantly or not to the pianist, 
the audience, or anyone but the tuner him/her self is another question.  
My take is that in 99.8% of the time... a high level tuning is going to 
be perfectly ok regardless of whether or not these <<inconsistancies>> 
are applied or not, and that the remainder of the time it will probably 
be a tossup as to which approach will be successful for any given pianist.

Cheers
RicB


    an Aural tuner has the ability
     >to colour a tuning in a fashion not attainable by an ETD tuning. I
     >would go so far as to say that unless the final pass is tweaked
     >strictly by ear... an ETD tuning has no chance of such coloring."

    I submit the aural tuner will add colour everytime with
    inconsistency...;-]

    David Ilvedson, RPT
    Pacifica, CA  94044