That may be true, but it is always best to do a prescreening. The great thing about having a modern ETA is that almost all of them have the PTG tuning exam software built in. It's possible to give yourself a mock exam and score yourself. On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 3:31 PM, David Ilvedson <ilvey at sbcglobal.net> wrote: > Michael, > > Since you have tuned for a long time aurally, you will have no problem with > the tuning test... > > David Ilvedson, RPT > Pacifica, CA 94044 > ------------------------------ > Original message > From: "Michael Magness" > To: pianotech at ptg.org > Received: 4/8/2009 9:20:34 AM > Subject: [pianotech] Aural Tuning vs ETD and Associate Guild Status > > > I have been a piano technician for 40 years. When I started, aural tuning > was the ONLY approved method of tuning a piano properly. What passed for > ETD's at that time weren't designed for it, as it was explained to me. I had > already learned to tune aurally and my ears cost me nothing, they came with > the package, so the thought of acquiring one didn't occur to me. > Fast forward 30 years I joined the Guild and I found that many if not all > of the members of my chapter were using ETD's and I was considered somewhat > of a dinosaur for not using one. About 2 years ago our chapter had, as a > tech session, everyone bring their ETD for comparison and I had a chance to > see them in action. I saw some I didn't care for and some I did, one in > particular seemed to match my ear and my style. I resolved to acquire it > when I could afford it. > I bought my CyberTuner last September. > I've seen the question asked what would you do if your ETD stopped working > in the middle of a tuning? Well mine did, The battery warning flashed and I > changed to a freshly charged one and instead of powering up the way it > should have, it lost all of it's programming including the tuning program > and I was left sitting there with a Compaq Ipaq with no tuning program in > it. > So I shut it off and finished the tuning aurally, not a problem really, > just a minor irritation. I bought the unit because I was told by my friends > that I could tune more pianos in a day with less stress/fatigue and that is > true. It is a manmade unit and like all manmade things will have problems > occasionally which is why I have a backup,me! > > By the way Dean Reyburn was very apologetic about the problem, had me ship > it back to him and repaired the problem at no cost. > > I am still an associate in the Guild, I have never been treated any worse > or any better than anyone else in my chapter. > > I have certainly made some friends and some enemies on this list but I > don't believe it was ever because of my associate status. > > It was usually because I had an opinion, frequently not stated very well. > > Mike > > > > > -- > I intend to live forever. So far, so good. > Steven Wright > > > Michael Magness > Magness Piano Service > 608-786-4404 > www.IFixPianos.com <http://www.ifixpianos.com/> > email mike at ifixpianos.com > -- Ryan Sowers, RPT Puget Sound Chapter Olympia, WA www.pianova.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20090408/c1f3bcc3/attachment.html>
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