[pianotech] End to the mudslinging?

[Chuck Behm]

>But, Duaine, what you don't seem to understand is that there are more
checks that need to be made, other than octaves and unisons. There are
progressive thirds, fourths, fifths, double octaves, 17ths, two octaves and
a third, all the way up and down the keyboard. Some of these checks work on
some pianos, but not others, and vice a versa. Some time you have to use a
combination, or at least know what checks you need to make if one doesn't
work. - Wim<

Wim - I think the point here for a person like myself using a ETD is whether
I trust my equipment or not. In my case I do, absolutely.

I've logged over 5000 tunings on my Verituner since purchasing it. I didn't
buy it in the first place with the idea that I would be going back over
every piano I tuned checking 3rds, 4ths, 5ths, dbl octaves, 17ths, 2 octaves
and a 34rd, etc. etc. If so, why did I purchase my Verituner in the first
place?

I do know that the machine I use was built for one thing and one thing alone
- to construct a temperament for each piano I tune by taking measurements of
partials for each string that go far beyond what my ears could ever tell me,
and calculating the precise point which each string needs to be set at to
achieve the the best results.

Going back over the temperament it gives me and fiddling with the results
would  do more harm than good.

Does the machine work? Wim, if I had a buck for every compliment I've
received on my tuning, I could fly my wife over to Hawaii first-class to pay
you a visit. Oftentimes, in fact, when I'm tuning a piano that I haven't
previously tuned, the owner will tell me something to  the effect that the
piano sounds the best it ever has.

No matter what my method may be, my hat is off to you, Wim and to Susan and
every other aural tuner for the skills you possess. Bravo to you.

My hat is off as well to Duaine and others who have argued their point time
and time again that using an ETD is a valid method for tuning a piano. I
agree wholeheartedly. Bravo to you as well.

Before Jerry Springer is alerted, why don't we call a truce and put an end
to the mud-slinging? We are better people than that.  Chuck Behm
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