Matthew Todd wrote: > So, what does EDT stand for? (ust kidding) > > And doesn't ETD stand for Electronically Transmitted Disease? > Been staying out of this due to being busy. (Saturday is prime time moonlighting for this college tech) I've tuned aurally for 35+ years and with Cybertuner for almost 10. I tend to think of myself as a CAT (computer assisted tuner). Like others on this list, I routinely do a double tuning to maintain 440Hz on my instruments. (The ten student recitals on one piano vs:various instruments this weekend all demand it) In and out in an hour or you'll never survive in a college situation. My moonlighting, Saturday, took me to see a 57" cut down and mirrored open pinblock upright which hadn't been tuned this millenium. A4 @ -47¢, top octaves to -100¢ or so. Did I use RCT for pitch raise? You bet!! Did I use RCT for fine tuning? Yup. Did I let it go at that? NO! I never have, and never will, consider the machine as the final arbiter. It does the "heavy lifting" by taking a lot of load off my lonely brain cell, and it sure helps when I have a cold or a slug of 8 pianos to do for a high school contest. I can, and do, give my ears and wetware priority in any disagreement. Did I charge for a pitch raise? Yup. The customer had even said she expected it to cost more before I got a chance to say the same thing. [Couldn't disappoint her, now could I?] Customer left in mid-tuning and left a blank check... ;-} I'll be back in the fall to keep it at pitch. BTW, I love open pinblocks. 100+ years old and pins all felt good. -- Conrad Hoffsommer, RPT - Keyboard Technician Luther College, 700 College Dr., Decorah, Iowa 52101-1045 1-(563)-387-1204 // Fax 1-(563)-387-1076
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