[pianotech] [Pianotek] the big discussion

[William Monroe]

Point taken, David.  I didn't mean to be overly specific to you.  More, it's
been suggested in this thread a few times by a few people, and I thought it
worth revisiting.

WRM



On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 8:18 AM, David Love <davidlovepianos at comcast.net>wrote:

> I actually don't think the test is meaningless. I was trying to make a
> point.
>
> David Love
> www.davidlovepianos.com
> (sent from bb)
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> *From: * William Monroe <bill at a440piano.net>
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> It seems to me that the "point" of the RPT tuning exam is (at least one
> point) is allowing candidates to demonstrate that they have a certain level
> of control over where they place *anthing* on the piano.  It may not
> represent where any one of us might prefer to tune the entire piano when all
> is said and done.  It does however, set forth an objective criteria, and
> asks each candidate to demonstrate how accurately they can produce the
> result that is being asked for.  Can you tune a 4:2 octave, etc.?  Can you
> control your tunings enough to get clean single octaves in the high treble.
>  The test asks each of us to be able to demonstrate particular skills sets
> that are necessary for the tuning process.
>
> I don't understand why the standards are considered meaningless by any.  It
> seems very reasonable to me, very objective, to be asked to demonstrate that
> you indeed have a level of control that allows you to execute to achieve a
> particular standard, to achieve a particular result, for testing purposes.
>  When it comes down to it, that's all we can really judge anyway.  When we
> start talking of degrees of stretch for octaves, width of fifths and
> fourths, how to handle the breaks so they sound best, subjectivity is the
> rule, and would be, I think, unquantifiable.
>
> William R. Monroe
>
>
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