ears vs. eyes..kinda long-winded

[David Ilvedson]

All right, you got me with the other pitch source...;-]

David I.



----- Original message ---------------------------------------->
From: Richard Moody <remoody@midstatesd.net>
To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org>
Received: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 01:38:26 -0500
Subject: Re: ears vs. eyes..kinda long-winded

>Hi  David I.

>    I  am a die-hard aural tuner, not a die-hard tuning fork
>tuner.  I just visited Jim again last week when in Phoenix for our
>son's wedding.  When I called him up to invite myself over he said
>something like "Sure, maybe I will make an ETD tuner out of you".
>Jim has a humorous side.
>    I was stuck with only a C fork but proved I could get A by
>guessing the beats of the C4--A4 sixth.  According to his SAT III
>he said nailed it. But I was lucky, I wouldn't want to do a best
>out of three.
>    I checked my favorite pitch source, a Korg quartz pocket tuner
>against the SAT III and it came out close enough.  I like the
>pocket tuner because it shows rather graphically deviations from
>A440 to the client.  The  piano tuner listening to the tiny
>Sheffield fork has always been a bit of mystery I think to the
>client.
>    Jim  evaluated my aural attempt from C3 to C5 to the RPT test
>standards but I only came out with an 85.   I must say that
>aurally a score like that is pretty darn close and would suffice
>for any performance venue.  Not to sound like a weep but I might
>have done better had I gone another octave in both directions as
>that is the method I use when tuning the complete piano, the
>octaves on either side of the "bearings" must prove the bearings.
>But that is part of the allure of aural tuning, you can always do
>better.  When the machine finally freezes, what more can you say?

>---rm

>----- Original Message -----
>From: David Ilvedson <ilvey@sbcglobal.net>
>To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
>Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 5:50 PM
>Subject: RE: ears vs. eyes..kinda long-winded


>> You know, Dave, you could call Jim Coleman up and take a little
>drive to Arizona.  He'd be glad to set you straight...;-]
>> Just kidding...I believe our own Richard Moody dropped in on Jim
>and tuned for him some time ago.  As I remember it
>> was a learning experience for a die-hard tuning fork tuner...not
>that he changed?  Hey, Richard...what say you?
>>
>> David I.
>>



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