Oy vey. Again mit da good und bad, right und wrong. OK. Here's the deal: 1) your ears (connected to everything else) are a fine tool. 2) the latest generation of ETDs are fine tools. The excellence, or lack thereof, is in the USER of the tool, NOT the tool itself. All the great tuners will say the same thing about a great tuning: they don't care how you got there. Just that you DID get there. And that takes massive skill, no matter what the tools used. just my response at the moment..... David A. On Apr 3, 2009, at 8:47 AM, Matthew Todd wrote: > I'm assuming most of you read the article in the latest journal > regarding aural vs. ETD. I would like to hear more comments. I > wonder which is the most accurate. > > It seems to me that ones who believe that aural is THE most accurate > way have been doing it for 50+ years and have just not had the > opportunity to try the latest ETD's which have come a long way over > the years. I say that because I was discussing this subject with a > "strictly aural tuner" a while back and he told me that his ears are > still as sharp as ever. This gentleman by the way is in his 70's, > with no hearing aids. After he tuned a piano, I checked it with an > ETD, and his tuning was all over the place. > > Plus, I know that you have to tune for the PTG exam, for the most > part, aurally. But when your work is checked, do they not use an > ETD? Can anyone tell me why that is? > > Anyway, just my thoughts at the moment. > > TODD PIANO WORKS > Matthew Todd, Piano Technician > (979) 248-9578 > http://www.toddpianoworks.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20090403/a4b26edb/attachment.html>
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