etd's and ears (thanks ramble)

[David Love]

No, that's not really what I meant at all.  I don't discriminate and tune
for all range of customers, willingly, and to pay the bills.  But the
demands of one will not be the same as another and where a calculated,
unchecked tuning might satisfy one customer, it may not satisfy another.
The problem is we don't really ever know in advance which category each
customer will fall into and I've been burned by relying on the machine over
my own sense of judgment.  My own personal experience (yours may be
different) is that I find that I veto more decisions made by the machine
than I would change my own aural decision by what the machine tells me.
Nevertheless, I do use a machine in the manner I outlined in my original
post.  I'm sorry if offense was taken (at least that's how I interpret your
post), it was not intended, nor was the post intended as an indictment of
ETD users (of which I happen to be one).  It was more intended as a
cautionary statement about relying on them too heavily.  I've found that
they simply aren't completely dependable on their own.      

David Love
davidlovepianos at comcast.net 
www.davidlovepianos.com

-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Ron Koval
Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2007 2:01 PM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: etd's and ears (thanks ramble)

  When David Love wrote:

"But if we are tuning a piano that belongs to an individual who has explored
every pitch related nook and cranny of their instrument, then we better pay
attention to a few more details,"

Ah, thank you.  I think I "get it".  We work in different markets and seek 
clients based on our own likes and dislikes.  What is stimulating and 
challenging to one, is a high-maintenance client to another.  What to one is

MERELY "periodic tuning of Aunt Mimi's piano who only calls us because Uncle

Hector reminded her" represents food on the table, shelter overhead, and a 
chance to allow music to spring forth from an underused instrument.  The 
range of technicians reflects the range of piano owners in existance.