Hi, I have an unusual history. I first started tuning working only with myself. Reading directions from a book, no real mentor. I started checking myself with an old Conn Strobo-tuner. I quickly found that I could out-perform that machine. I spent two to three hours a day tuning, plus an hour or two reading the PTG tuning exam source book. I finally got to the point where I decided that I could beat the accu-tuner too. Now, I usually use the box, but I use it the way I use my ear. I have developed my own little method of tuning with the box, which gives me good results every time. I'm really quite happy. Within a year of joining the PTG, I passed the exam, but I have never stopped learning, Thanks to the PTG. I hope I never do. And, I'm still humble, although I seem to have an answer for everything. And by the way, I do use my ear every time I tune, but mostly it's to check the results I'm getting, which are quite good. Tuning's not hard, voicing a piano is what counts. -----Original Message----- From: Richard Brekne <Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no> To: pianotech@ptg.org <pianotech@ptg.org> Date: Thursday, September 28, 2000 10:56 AM Subject: Re: Aural? >Personally I tune aurally but I like to use ETD's for checking out a few things >from time to time. I especially like to check my aural skills by using the ETD >to confirm beat rates. I am not yet a convinced fan of the calculated tuning >curve. > > > >Kristinn Leifsson wrote: > >> Hello friends, >> >> Iīve been thinking about the aural/ETD ratio on this list. >> >> I know some people here tune aurally and others have ETDīs, some even tune >> orally. >> I myself use a mysterious little yellow box that fools them every time >> :) No, Iīm aural. >> >> I imagine that the census here would be a little different from the average >> in the world, since Internet people tend to be technologically oriented. >> >> And the ones that use ETDīs, did you work as aural tuners first? >> >> Regards, >> >> Kristinn > >-- >Richard Brekne >RPT, N.P.T.F. >Bergen, Norway > > > > >
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