The Wristwatch: An ETD?

[ed440 at mindspring.com]

Kurt-
No.  In fact it's recommended you have one.  Exam adrenaline can distort your sense of time.
Ed Sutton

-----Original Message-----
>From: kurt baxter <fortefile at gmail.com>
>Sent: Feb 27, 2007 3:53 PM
>To: pianotech at ptg.org
>Subject: The Wristwatch: An ETD?
>
>My understanding is that no ETDs are allowed during the temperament
>section of the RPT tuning exam...
>
>However, I know a few technicians who use the second hand on their
>analog wrist watch as a guide to set beat speeds.
>
>So a wrist watch is technically a electronic device that assists with
>tuning. Does that make it an ETD and therefore disallowed during
>the tuning exam?
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>[k]