Standing on shoulders

[Jon Page]

No, WE do not decide. the customer decides.

There are a few jazz musicians around here who prefer the ETD's
to aural tuning. Go figure. They like the really stretched trebles, I guess.
Jon Page
Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. (jpage@capecod.net)
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At 07:12 PM 6/16/98 -0400, you wrote:
>Gregory Torres wrote:
>> I find personally that when comparing a machine tuning with an aural one  I
>> found the aural more "sweet". Maybe the ETD tunings are "technically" more
>> accurate but I personally will tune aurally when faced with a nice
>> instrument and am not pressed for time. JMHO
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>We should be able to measure the 'sweet' tuning, compare it to the 'dry'
>technically accurate one, and determine what it is that makes the
>'sweet' one better . . . . IF we can all agree it's better.  If we
>agree, then that becomes the new model.
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>Everything we do . . . .  regulation, tuning, voicing . . . . . can be
>measured for the sake of comparison.
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>Carl
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