It's not that difficult to learn how to use one. If you ask a bijillon questions like I did! :-))) I've only had mine 3 years or so. I will go up and down one note at a time to double check unisons. I go up and down in octaves to check these and depending on the quality of the piano, will check in 10's and double 10's whatever those are called and make sure everything is smooth, even and progress evenly one way or the other. Once you get your EDT set for your own preference, it's much easier on you. For example, I have my concert tunings saved onto my EDT. That is, saved, after I had tweaked them first by ear... I can then put that exact same tuning back (we only tune one string using an EDT By the way, the unisons are tuned by ear) on that piano again. Occasionally, I may have to tweak a tuning here and there after that but, most of the time, not all that much. Jer -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of jhjpiano at sbcglobal.net Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2009 2:59 PM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: [pianotech] Aural vs. ETD (test procedure) When I'm doing an aural tuning, I find that as I work my way up the piano, some of the notes I've already tuned slip. This is bound to happen if any change in pitch is being applied. As I am doing all my interval tests, when one of the tests fails, I go back and find the note that has changed. I'm always building my tuning upon the notes I've already tuned. My question is, how does an ETD tuner pick up those small changes if he/she doesn't listen for them using all the aural tests? If he/she is just watching his display one note at a time, how does he/she (notice how I'm being PC) know what's happening to the rest of the piano? Do they go through the piano over and over one note at a time till no errors show up? I'm not trying to prove a point, I'm just trying to understand the process and no one has been able to give me a satisfactory answer yet. By the way, I'm one of those oral tuners who is beginning to be concerned about the ability to hear all the things I have always been able to hear, and at 65 I am considering getting an ETD to help me verify my tunings. The trouble is, ETD tuners speak a whole new language which didn't exist in the 60's when I learned to tune. I'm not looking forward to learning the new technology. Obviously I've learned to use a computer so I guess there's hope. _____ avast! Antivirus <http://www.avast.com> : Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 090404-0, 04/04/2009 Tested on: 4/4/2009 3:36:40 PM avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2009 ALWIL Software.
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