[CAUT] Electronic Tuning Preferences

[Marcel Carey]

Fred, Suzan and Ric's post were excellent. I fully agree that one should get aural skills. But... as far as turning tuning pins and stabilizing them, I think that an electronic tuning device is a must for a novice tuner. I'm not pro one or the other method, as a matter of fact I kind of use hybrid myself and will tune aurally whenever I feel I'll be in the mood for it. But to gain experience, by using a ETD, the student or novice tuner will spend more time turning and setting pins then listening. So, for tuning stability training, I favor the ETD.

Marcel Carey, RPt
Sherbrooke, QC
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> To: caut at ptg.org
> Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2008 17:13:54 -0400
> From: wbis290 at aol.com
> Subject: [CAUT] Electronic Tuning Preferences
> 
> Hi everyone,
> 
> The ongoing debate has been great of using an ETD versus aural tuning. 
> I feel that maybe this should be put to rest. I agee that 99.9% could 
> not tell which way the piano was tuned. I do feel that  a person should 
> learn to tune aurally before they start to use an ETD but once that 
> they have mastered that, who cares if they tune aurally or with an ETD. 
> I do feel that one should always use there aural skills along with the 
> ETD. All the artist wants is the piano to sound good. I have had 
> artists been happy with tunings that I have done both ways. You are 
> either a good competant tuner or you are not.
> 
> Bill Balmer RPT,
> University of Findlay and Ohio Northern University

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