Verituner

[antares]

Hello Paul,

The VT is so much better because it is able to listen better and more
accurately.
It reminds me of a tuning training in Japan (at the Yamaha Academy) where
everyday the candidates were asked to make the 'most beautiful tuning in the
World'.
After every tuning, the instructors came in to make a graph of the just
finished tuning and on this graph one could clearly see all the mistakes
that were made (by me).
After one Month, my tuning had become a polished jewel, except for a very
difficult part in the high treble where the duplexes were causing false
beats and thus.... trouble for me.
At a certain moment every graph showed the same errors made in the same
area, it gave me foam on the mouth.
Finally, and just before my final exam, one instructor suggested putting a
strip of muting felt through the duplex in that spot, and lo and behold! I
made a very very good tuning, good enough to let me pass for my final tuning
exam.

The VT does not need a felt mute in the duplex and reaches that same level
after one or two tunings in 45 minutes to 1.5 hour.

friendly greetings
from

Antares,

Amsterdam, Holland

"where music is, no harm can be"

> From: larudee@pacbell.net
> Reply-To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Date: Sat, 01 Sep 2001 16:35:40 -0700
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: Re: Verituner
> 
> antares wrote:
> 
>> The first tuning with the VT was
>> impressive to say the least and the second tuning was stunning!
> 
> Why should there be a discrepancy between the two?
> 
>> I personally can not achieve that despite all my training and talent.
> 
> Why would VT be so much better if it is using the same procedure as an aural
> tuning?
> 
>> I also tune with the VT in the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. If you have tuned
>> a STW D a number of times with the VT the instrument will sound like
>> something you have never heard before, believe me! All intervals are crystal
>> clear and incredibly even.
> 
> I value your description of the results, but what is there in the VT procedure
> that would account for that?
> 
> Paul Larudee
> 
>