[pianotech] End to the mudslinging?

[Duaine Hechler]

Chuck, very well said and I agree completely. And call for truce as well.

Duaine

On 02/02/2011 08:44 AM, Chuck Behm wrote:
> >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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