This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment I second your thoughts 200%. Marcel Carey, RPT Sherbrooke QC Michael, I beg to differ with you on this issue about ETD's. I know actually many tuners here in Holland, but also abroad, who a= re highly experienced aural tuners and who, nevertheless, now tune with = an ETD. In Holland I was among the first members of the then new Dutch Pian= o Technicians Association (the VvPN) and I was also among the small gro= up of these new VvPN members who created the very first tuning test in Euro= pe where you could test the tuning electronically with the aid of an ETD= (at the time a SAT) and a computer program, just like they have been done= (and do) for a long time in the USA. Let me tell you, it was not an easy task to do a tuning test and wa= lk away with a high enough score, and I have seen many colleagues who, after = they had proved their professional ability, were very proud that they had = dared to do this risky test. They had shown that they were able to make a very good tuning, and = we all know that there are many colleagues out there who are not capable of = making a tuning at that same level I just described. Many of these 'tested' tuners now use a tuning device, myself inclu= ded. I have tuned too many piano's aurally, and I thank the electronic t= uning Deities for my beloved 'box'. You know why? Because my box creates for me a tuning of such high quality that it= will take me at least a Month's training of steady high-trapeze-tuning to = reach the same accuracy. But I would never be able to make money with it, because such a fab= ulous concert tuning would take me hours, and afterwards I would be exhaust= ed, whereas my ETD allows me to do the very same but within one hour, hel= lo! So my customers are happy because they can count on a very high qua= lity tuning, and I am very happy because I don't get exhausted, don't have= a lot of tuning stress, and I can, instead, concentrate on making beautiful= and strong unisons. Especially somewhat older tuners, who have paid their tuning dues s= o to speak, go into their second tuning wind when they discover the ease a= nd joy of a good ETD. Because they have already tuned piano's aurally for many years, the= y know very well how to tune a piano when the battery of their ETD is low. Some time ago, I came back from a short trip abroad, and I had forg= otten to charge the battery of my box, so the next day I had to tune this v= ery difficult Steinway belonging to this very difficult customer. To be honest with you, I got chagrined because it was late in the afternoon and my energy level was down, and I was not looking forward= to having to do it again 'by ear'. However, I of course tuned the thing and after only a few uncertain minutes I was back full swing and was having fun, trying to do the pu= zzle again for the zillionth time. I can tell you something else : Just because my ears have been sharpened by the superior ETD tuning= , my musical hearing wants to duplicate the refined regularity that I have= been hearing for years through the use of my sophisticated ETD. So my tuni= ng ability has not gone away and has not lessened at all. I feel very good that I can make a real good tuning even after havi= ng used an ETD for years. Again : there are many many excellent aural tuners in the world who= , at a certain moment, just like me, have made a switch from aural to electr= onic. I think most of these will testify that they have an easier life no= w and that they enjoy making a superb tuning. I am all for learning to tune aurally and then tune aurally for yea= rs, just to become well trained. After that goal has been reached I would say : get yourself a Cadil= lac, and enjoy the ride. friendly greetings from Andr=E9 Oorebeek Amsterdam - The Netherlands 0031-20-6237357 0645-492389 0031-75-6226878 www.concertpianoservice.nl www.grandpiano.nl ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/00/11/dd/9c/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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