David, For me, using the ETD device (in my case Reyburn Cybertuner) allows for a very interesting and helpful extension of my senses into the visual (and I suppose the abstract mathematical, ie. computing) realm. I tuned strictly aurally for 17 years, and I didn't stop listening when I incorporated the computer into my tuning. It facilitates a certain kind of optimized focus of my energies, and increased productivity and consistency. It provides certain checks and balances - an outside arbitrator, so to speak, whose advice I can either agree with or override. I don't have to re-invent the wheel so much every time I tune. I can allow the computer to assist the process by doing the things it does best, while I do the things I do best. It injects more feedback into the tuning experience. I've never looked at it as a "taking away", but rather an adding to. Tuning is still just as visceral (as well as abstract) an experience as it was when I was tuning strictly by ear. There's just a different balancing and managing of priorities. That's my take on how using the ETD enhances my tunings. Sincerely, Allen Wright, RPT [David wrote: I can't say, with surety, that what happened with John will, or does, happen with every aural tuner that makes the switch to mainly ETD tuning. I sincerely hope not. Because the most precious tool, the biggest asset, the real payoff in terms of a successful business for us artisans is our exponentially enhanced ability to listen---and feel--- in a focused, calm, attentive, relaxed way. I guess the question I have for all you ETD users is this, and I would deeply appreciate honesty here: where is your attention when you tune a piano? Do you listen in a focused, calm, attentive, relaxed way, giving your self to the world of sound? Or are you "on automatic," and free to roam through your thoughts, dreams, and schemes, putting the bulk of your attention on the stream of dialog in your head? David Andersen] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20070122/053beb25/attachment.html
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