Accu-Tuner Article

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Subj: Re Accu-tuner

Alas, I confess to still being in the stone-age, not having bought an Accu-
tuner to assist me in the daily "tuning grind". I do not, however, consider
them a less than valuable tool -- to the contrary, I have defended them
(sometimes passionately) with Faculty members here at Oberlin that built
in prejudice towards their use, especially pointing out to them how they
have been so useful in creating fairer and higher test standards within
have been so useful in creating fairer and higher test standards within
                                                      Oberlin that have built
in prejudice towards their use, especially pointing out to them how they
have been so useful in creating fairer and higher test standards within PTG.

I would take issue with those, however, who do not commit themselves to tuning
entire pianos from day to day aurally to continue honing that fundamental skill,one, in fact,
that we use to judge the effectiveness of the Accu-tuner itself.
I know, for sure, with my own tuning that each year I seem to acquire a little more finesse.
It is subtle and does not knock off big chunks of time or account
for big increases in accuracy as with tuning in the early years. But it always
amazes me that the ability to get the  "perfect" partial coincidence with the
first hammer manipulation is more evident every new tuning year.

Aurally Yours,

Ken Sloane