David writes:
> I don't see the
> > usefulness of memorizing a FAC tuning? Maybe you or anyone can explain
> > to me the reasoning behind memorizing tunings. I can understand if you
> > or saving an aural tuning and want to recreate that tuning...
>
I don't see the reason for not saving an FAC tuning. How much time
is spent on the steps to enter the FAC numbers vs just punching up a saved
tuning with one button.
A tuning, saved, reused, refined each time it is used until there is
nothing left to perfect, is probably the highest degree of tuning refinement.
The strictly aural tuner is required to reinvent the wheel every piano,
whereas if they saved one of the tunings, the next time that template was
used, even on the same piano, the tech is going to find some things from the
previous tuning that could still be improved. Once done in the piano, the
SAT is changed to reflect the latest refining. Ultimately, you have the
improvement of many tunings reflected in one program. Then you can apply the
real cool things like the pitch raise functions/temperaments, stretch
changes, etc. to create that master tuning every time, even if you have a cold, or
noise all over the background as you work.
The machines are just tools, our results depend on how we use them.
Regards,
Ed Foote RPT
http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html
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