ears vs. eyes..kinda long-winded

[David Andersen]

>    Now the machine tuning might be a recording onto the SAT of
>Jim's aural tuning assisted by that SAT.  But to Dave Andersen if
>you want to visit Jim to prove your point, that you can
>demonstrate a better tuning on his piano than Jim can with his
>machine, I want to be there. Because if you do you will be the
>star (with a fat contract) in a video called, "Aural tuner beats
>SAT III"
>---ric (the "i" stands for the "i" in 'let the excuses begin')

So.  Hi, Ric.  I'd really love to do this, and have you there.  The only 
possible excuse or caveat I can give is regarding my use of the word 
"measurable..." what a bone-headed and ill-conceived word choice on my 
part. Measurable by what, and by whom?  Although it would be fascinating 
to then record my tuning in his SAT and see how it matched up.....I have 
not heard a machine tuning that is as musical, singing, and spacious as 
my aural tuning, and I've followed up on some really good EDT users, some 
famous, at least regionally so.
All I have is my ears, and my musical sensibility.  And my incredibly 
high and sometimes harsh standards of critique of my own work----believe 
me when I tell you I would not have been making these statements 5 years 
ago, or even 3 years ago, but I feel like I've opened a new door in my 
craft the past couple of years, and it revolves around coming back to, 
and really trusting, believing, and owning something I learned at the 
very beginning of my career:  follow the fourths, and trust my musical 
gifts, and trust my ears, and constantly strive for more perfect unisons. 

Be well, out there on the cold plains.......David A.