Standing on shoulders

[Gregory Torres]

Jon,

You are correct in saying that. That is one thing I have been saying all along.
But I have had many musicians tell me the same thing-some find ETD tunings
"sterile" opposed to a good aural one. It ultimately depends on the quality of the
tuning and the instrument, IMO.

Regards,
Greg Torres

Jon Page wrote:

> 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)
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 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
> >
> >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.
> >
> >Everything we do . . . .  regulation, tuning, voicing . . . . . can be
> >measured for the sake of comparison.
> >
> >Carl
> >
> >
> >