>Shouldn't there be somewhere a "living museum" tuner, who >never used the ETD, and therefore never was changed by >its particular biases and requirements? > >And I volunteer! > >Susan I volunteer as well, and I guess it's time to step up to the plate: I think I can tune a piano so that it sounds measurably better than any straight machine tuning---even Jim Coleman's, or Rich Davenport's, or anyone else. I'd love to have a chance to prove that to some of you lovely folks. My method is so dead simple; I spoke about it some months back, but I'll reiterate it---if ALL the fourths on the piano beat the same sweet, slow roll---around 1bps depending on the piano---you'll get the best ET tuning you have ever heard, with "perfect" contiguous thirds and "beatless" triple, quadruple, and even quintuple octaves; with completely pleasing and balanced major triads all the way up, with slightly different "color" and "emotion" in each key. You don't have to worry about partial matching, or listening to 3rds, 10ths, or 17ths---you just follow the fourths. It seems to magically deal with and compensate for inharmonicity. How does it work? I have no idea. I'm the farthest thing from a propellerhead you've ever seen. I just know that it blows even jaded pro pianists away 100% of the time. I'd be more than happy to demonstrate this protocol to any interested party, either here in LA, at the next California state convention, or at the national convention this summer. Email me privately to talk about it. The ear is what is ultimately our greatest gift, and our craft IS music. I never want to forget that, in the stress of running a business and providing for my family. David Andersen
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