[pianotech] aural vs edt

[paul bruesch]

On my SAT3, starting at A0 is the default sequence, but there are I think
four other sequences pre-programmed, plus I'm quite certain that one can
program one's preferred sequence.

BTW, Randy Potter calls tuning A0 and up "Chroma-Tuning".

Paul Bruesch
Stillwater, MN

On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 1:37 PM, Porritt, David <dporritt at mail.smu.edu>wrote:

> Israel:
>
> If Dr. Sanderson considered the Accutuner as an Electronic Tuning Aid I'm
> curious as to why he promoted the idea of starting at A0 and working up.
>  Clearly there's no way to do any interval checks in the bass this way as
> there are no "tuned" notes above them to use as checks.
>
> When I got my first ETD I did this for a very short time before I realized
> that limitation.  Now I tune in a pattern resembling aural tuning so I can
> make those checks.  The idea of A0 & up has always mystified me (well,
> except for a pitch raise where you don't need checks).
>
> dp
>
>
> David M. Porritt, RPT
> dporritt at smu.edu
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On
> Behalf Of Israel Stein
> Sent: Sunday, April 05, 2009 12:47 PM
> To: pianotech at ptg.org
> Subject: [pianotech] aural vs edt
>
> Sun, 05 Apr 2009 10:55:06 -0500 Conrad Hoffsommer <hoffsoco at luther.edu>
> wrote:
> > 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).
> Apropos of these remarks by Matthew and Conrad, it might be useful to
> mention that Dr. Albert Sanderson (who invented the entire field of
> generating tunings based on sampled "stretch" factors) always referred
> to the Accutuner (and its predecessor the Sight-o-Tuner) as "Electronic
> Tuning Aides". I believe that the semantic difference is very important.
> The term "ETD" is very unfortunate, in that it does not accurately
> describe the inventors' intention - even though they surely bank a lot
> of money off people who use them not as intended...
>
> Al  always stressed the need for aural checks and tests when using his
> devices and was a top-notch tuner himself (even though his primary
> profession was engineering and electronics). I heard him say often that
> a top aural tuner could tune a piano better and faster than one
> dependent on a box. I don't know if the "faster" part still applies in
> the case of electronically-assisted top-notch aural tuners, but people
> who cannot hear what they are tuning are not in a position to argue with
> the "better" part - when pronounced by the inventor of the machine they
> may be using as the sole arbiter of their tunings...
>
> Israel Stein
>
>
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