ETD story

[Farrell]

I'm curious about this Coleman/Smith tune-off. What kind of piano was it, and Did Jim Coleman just measure FAC and go pure AccuTuner, or did he do his bass/tenor adjustments and aural guides for Double Octave Beat adjustments? Exactly how did Jim tune the piano?

Terry Farrell
  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Clyde Hollinger" <cedel@supernet.com>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2002 7:16 AM
Subject: Re: ETD story


> David,
> 
> That's quite a mouthful, and I'm in no position to refute it.  Virgil Smith and
> Jim Coleman Sr. are recognized top-flight tuners.  It would indeed be interesting
> to see what the outcome would be if you could be in a contest with them.
> 
> I wonder how much of our subjective analyses has to do with how each of us thinks
> a tuning should sound.  Your tuning might sound vastly superior to you and some
> of your clients, but some technicians/pianists may think otherwise.  I like
> mayonnaise with my french fries; just because I'm in the minority doesn't mean
> I'm wrong.  You may not be wrong, either.  It's a matter of preference, isn't it?
> 
> Regards,
> Clyde
> 
> David Andersen wrote:
> 
> > ....it's not that I'm a non-believer; I've just not heard a
> > tuning that's a major leap better than mine......  I guess I've tuned about
> > 27,000 pianos, give or take a thousand;...  I feel like I've really come into
> > an exalted tuning place in the past 5 years.
> 
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