[CAUT] using as ETD

[David Love]

It's an endless question without an answer.  I say do what you feel
comfortable with, they can both produce good (or poor) results and live your
life.  

David Love
www.davidlovepianos.com


-----Original Message-----
From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of David
Ilvedson
Sent: Monday, April 12, 2010 2:21 PM
To: caut at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [CAUT] using as ETD

I've said this before...forgive me...but, you will hear this over and over
again from "born again" ETD users.   They will tell you they never realized
how much their tuning was changing until they could check back to previous
notes with the ease of an ETD.   I tune unisons as I go and this is a
challenge for aural tuners...why?   Because they are not confident in tuning
from unisons.   IMHO   Jeez, I just realized my flamesuit is at the
cleaners...  

David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, CA  94044

----- Original message ----------------------------------------
From: "Jon Page" <jonpage at comcast.net>
To: caut at ptg.org
Received: 4/12/2010 1:22:27 PM
Subject: Re: [CAUT] using as ETD


>Two cases in point for ETD usage...today.

>Baldwin spinet, bass/low tenor was half tone+ flat, treble whole tone flat.
>6" ruler fit into gap between backposts and block ~2" (separator block
tight)

>Set the VT to -105c
>Pulled the bass to that, tenor +10c, A4 and up +15~20C

>The piano is tolerable and will get pulled up when I get bolts to reinforce
>the top of the case. We tipped the piano and the bottom was not separated.


>'Rebuilt' M, (shutter); ave. -20c. yanked to pitch with slight 
>overpull because it will
>migrate sharp this summer. Pointed out short-coming of 'r/r' ...
>2K work as soon as I can get to it.


>If it weren't for the VT I would not be tuning much at all. It does such a
>fantastic job with no effort, except for rock solid pin setting and the
always
>evolving tweaking of my stretch parameters.

>Think push-mower vs power-mower.  Which cuts the grass better...
>it all depends on how much effort you physiologically want to put into it.
>-- 

>Regards,

>Jon Page