SAT III vs. Reyburn CyberTuner

[euphoniac@juno.com]

Richard,

Thanks for your input.  Did you purchase the book "On Pitch" through PTG
or somewhere else?  

Thanks again,

Don Palmire

On Fri, 23 Mar 2001 19:24:44 -0600 "Richard Wolff"
<r.a.wolff@worldnet.att.net> writes:
> Don,
> I second David's opinion- I started last year and got a SAT III 
> right off
> the bat.  It is too easy to lean on it as a crutch, letting it make
> decisions for you.  Get a copy of "On Pitch" by Rick Baldassin- he 
> does a
> great job of explaining lots of things you need to know, and also 
> shows how
> both kinds of tuning (aural and ETD) can complement each other to 
> make life
> easier.  I'm half-way through the book, and only have to lie down in 
> a
> darkened room with smelling salts and a damp washcloth on my 
> forehead every
> hour or so!  Just kidding:)
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Ilvedson" <ilvey@jps.net>
> To: "pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Friday, March 23, 2001 6:36 PM
> Subject: Re: SAT III vs. Reyburn CyberTuner
> 
> 
> > Don,
> >
> > IMHO, learn to tune with a tuning fork, pass the RPT test aurally 
> then get
> > a EDT.  If you get the ETD first you will never learn to tune 
> without it
> no
> > matter what people say about EDTs being great teaching devices.
> >
> > Each device is excellent.  I travel light and the SAT III was just 
> the
> > ticket.
> >
> > *********** REPLY SEPARATOR  ***********
> >
> > On 3/23/01 at 7:13 PM euphoniac@juno.com wrote:
> >
> > >Please forgive me if you have already had this discussion before 
> about
> > >ETD's.  I am a beginner technician who needs advice about the 
> pros and
> > >cons about these devices.   I plan on purchasing one of these in 
> the near
> > >future, so I'd like some input.
> > >
> > >Thanks,
> > >
> > >Don Palmire
> >
> >
> >
> 

Don Palmire
Euphonium
The U.S. Army Band ("Pershing's Own")
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