Relevant OT (?) was - Computer clock

[Jonathan Finger]

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Kevin, I agree completely.  Since my last email was the one quoted, I'm
assuming you were responding to me.  I was simply making a joke to the
previous email.  Dave said "How many can tune without an electronic
device", and I was sarcastically flipping the question around to mean
it's opposite.  Sorry for the confusion.  I listen to intervals
constantly to make sure my machine is a tool, and not a tuner.  I'm a
firm believer in tuners learning the fundamentals of tuning before
relying on an ETD.

 

Jonathan Finger RPT

 

-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On
Behalf Of Kevin E. Ramsey
Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 7:41 PM
To: Pianotech
Subject: Re: Relevant OT (?) was - Computer clock

 

Jonathan, Dave, et al,,,,,,,,  I would like to think that having an ETD
"go down" would not inhibit any piano technician from continuing in his
work. It might be a little more like "work", but if you really can't do
it without the machine, then you need a little more education in the
tuning art. 

    Even if I'm using my Accutuner, I'm still listening to intervals as
I go. I know I see a lot of people who aren't doing that. I think it was
David Love, wasn't it, who said that all his fourths beat about the
same?  I've been checking this, and yes, you can get a very lovely
result with this amount of stretch. Even if you use a machine, one of
the last things I do before leaving the piano is to check the
seventeenths for smooth progression, any notes that have "slipped" will
stick out like a sore thumb.  

 

    And of course, the RPT exam is only a minimum of what is expected of
someone who wished to attain that level in our field, there's a lot more
work to do later, if your desire is to improve.

 

Just my 2 cents, 

Kevin. 

 

 

 

 

 

Dave, that's a good question.
I had heard that aural tuning was getting worse and worse...Are aural
tuners finally bad enough that we need to ask that question?  *nudge
nudge, wink wink*


Jonathan Finger RPT

-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On
Behalf Of Dave Davis
Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2003 10:50 PM
To: Kevin E. Ramsey; Pianotech
Subject: Relevant OT (?) was - Computer clock

Kevin,
You forgot the ever present "how many can tune without
the Electronic Tuning Device"

Still learning that one,

Dave Davis
Renton, WA

--- "Kevin E. Ramsey" <kevin.e.ramsey@cox.net> wrote:
>     what happens when the GPS system goes down?  How
many pilot/navigators can actually plot a course with
a sextant?  Or how many people can do advanced math
without calculators???
>     Scary, when you think about it.....
> Kevin E. Ramsey, RPT  


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