How To Choose an ETD was ... something else

[Tom Servinsky]

Ed Foote wrote:Why not do one's best aural tuning on a given instrument and 
then
store it in the SAT?  The scaling differences, and the tuning that optimizes
them,  between same model/makes of all the better brands of pianos are so 
small as
to be undetectable without specifically looking for them, and totally off 
the
radar in musical playing for 99% of listeners and performers.    And if an
instrument is 4 cents off pitch, a well-executed tuning with a stored tuning 
on
the SAT will be far closer to optimum than an aural guess in the same amount
of time.

Ed,
Couldn't agree more. This is what I do with my most important instruments 
which get tuned on a continual basis.  IMO, this is how good aural skills, 
combined with the accuracy of a good ETD, live in concert.
Tom Servinsky, RPT


       The other aspect is consistency.  It will be a rare tuner that can
come within one cent of their previous tuning on every note!  This is 
important
when overdubbing in recording situations, or when a customer wants another
tuning exactly like the last.
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> David writes:
> <<  The ETDs do
> a fine job.  Leaving the temperament octave is another story and the ear 
> (at
> least a skilled one) probably does a better job of blending irregularities
> and choosing which type of octaves work the best.  A combination of ETD,
> with use of direct interval tuning and aural techniques have proven, for 
> me,
> to be the best and fastest. >>
>
> Greetings,
>        Why not do one's best aural tuning on a given instrument and then
> store it in the SAT?  The scaling differences, and the tuning that 
> optimizes
> them,  between same model/makes of all the better brands of pianos are so 
> small as
> to be undetectable without specifically looking for them, and totally off 
> the
> radar in musical playing for 99% of listeners and performers.    And if an
> instrument is 4 cents off pitch, a well-executed tuning with a stored 
> tuning on
> the SAT will be far closer to optimum than an aural guess in the same 
> amount
> of time.
>       The other aspect is consistancy.  It will be a rare tuner that can
> come within one cent of their previous tuning on every note!  This is 
> important
> when overdubbing in recording situations, or when a customer wants another
> tuning exactly like the last.  Still, the unisons require the ear, hands 
> down.
> Regards,
>
> Ed Foote RPT
> http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html
> www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html
>
>