tuning exam in US

[Richard Moody]

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----- Original Message -----
From: Joseph Garrett <joegarrett@earthlink.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2003 12:45 PM
Subject: Re: tuning exam in US/Phil Bondi


>The Test Piano is tuned by an
> aural tuner. Then it is reviewed and tweaked by, at least, two
other >Aural
> tuners, until they agree on all aspects of the tuning. THEN, the
tuning >is
> Measured and Recorded via an ETD, (or Measured by ETD and
Recorded on a
> "hard copy".). Your statement implies that criteria is a result
of an ETD,
> which is not correct. The piano must meet all AURAL criteria
during the
> "Master Tuning".

Before the candidate tunes the piano,
why does the piano need to be "recorded" by an ETD?  Why can't the
candidate's tuning simply be "reviewed by {the same} "two other
Aural
> tuners, until they agree on all aspects of the tuning."   What
does recording their agreement onto a machine accomplish?  If they
agreed without a machine on the "master tuning" why can't they do
the same for the candidate tuning?

It makes sense to evaluate a machine tuning with or by a machine.
But to evaluate an aural tuning,
logically it should be done by aural tuners.
That the Guild doesn't issue "aural certificates" or "machine
certificates" I think is missing out on a significant issue of
interest
to many in the Music Industry and the private sector as
well. ----rm