Another TUNE-OFF, was Re: RCT - The Daily Worker's VTD

[Jim Coleman, Sr.]

Hi Jim:

I think you are right, as usual. What differences there may be would be so
small that it would not be discernable. I predicted the same before Virgil
and I went after it. Then, there would always be the arguments that, it 
wasn't the machine, it was the operator. Well, it would at least make for
a lot of conversation. There wouldn't be a dime's worth of difference. 
Kinda' like the difference between Republicans and Democrats who spend a
lot of agitation over whose ox is being gored; they both equally want 
your money and power.

Jim Coleman, sr.

On Thu, 1 Oct 1998 JIMRPT@AOL.COM wrote:

> List, Et Al;
>   While the idea of a "tune off" between various techniques of tuning such as
> Jim C and Virgil, i.e., aural vs ETD was useful for all of us to finally get
> the idea that that a well tuned piano is just that, 'a well tuned piano', I am
> having a hard time getting excited about the possibility of a "tune off"
> between ETDs.
>   Maybe I'm missing the point here but............... it seems to me that the
> variables are so many, with the results being subjectively judged and trying
> to reach an objective decision is at best stretching the bounds of credulity
> for me.
>  
>    It would seem to be that with two, or more, very capable ETDs that the
> results on the same piano, with the same technician, with the same temperament
> would be so close as to be unmeasurable, either as to "in tuneness",
> stability,, etc. except by the ETDs themselves.  Since we don't listen to our
> pianos through the ETD while they are being played for music I hardly see the
> benefit to be gained herein.
> 
>   The comparison here would be similar to two boards being joined together
> with two brass screws, one having a bright finish and one having a brushed
> finish and then discussing which screw is doing the best job of holding the
> board together.
> 
>   But then I am a recovering aural tuner and don't know what I know about ETDs
> :-)
> Jim Bryant (FL)
>