I have been following this conversation and have not gotten involved, but now I will. I started tuning aurally in 1964. About 3 1/2 years ago I decided to try the cyber tuner. I wouldn't give it up for the world. It's a great tool, but for the life of me, I don't know how anyone can do a really good tuning without using their ears along with it. In my opinion, ETD's can't do the job consistently without aural tuning skills. my 2 cents Al G -------------------------------------------------- From: "Duaine & Laura Hechler" <dahechler at charter.net> Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 12:11 AM To: <pianotech at ptg.org> Subject: Re: [pianotech] RPT Credibility and "Status" > So, what you are saying that if I can't tune aurally then I should not > be tuning at all. > > If that's the case, you are about to start a major war between each > tuner's opinion. > > Again, you mention peers, sure most of my peers in this area have tuned > aurally - to pass the test - but they have all switched to tuning with > some form of ETD. > > Again, you mention clients - I don't know where you are and who you tune > for BUT none of my clients have EVER asked if I could tune aurally. > > This argument is getting so &*&^% old !!!! > > Duaine > > William Monroe wrote: >> No Duaine, >> >> People like you should be excluded from RPT precisely because (your >> description, mind you) you can't tune aurally and have no >> understanding of the basic tuning concepts e.g. intervals, beats, >> checks, etc. RPT is a designation that is defined in part by >> affirming to ones peers, clients, etc that one can tune aurally - at >> least to some measured degree, even with an ETD. > <snip> >> >> Good luck in your growth. >> >> William R. Monroe > > >
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