Thanks, Keith - This is just an area I'm unfamiliar with. Although there was the time a bar owner called me at 5:00 P.M and told me that he had a jazz combo that would be starting at 7:00 and could I get the piano tuned? This was back when I was using a TuneMaster instead of the Verituner. The lights were low and the crowd was already getting noisy. I gave it a once over with the Verituner, but it was difficult. That particular machine had a needle indicator, and was quite affected by ambient noises. I think in those circumstances doing an strictly aural tuning would have been nearly impossible. The TuneMaster did give me readings when I really pounded the notes. I think my Verituner would have done considerably better, in that it doesn't seem to latch on to background noise nearly so much. The bar owner was just grateful that I was willing to stop by. The musician was pleased, considering the circumstances I had to work under. Got paid, stayed for the show, had free beer all night long. Life was good! Chuck >Chuck, This just isn't so. RCT is very helpful during intermissions. My gosh, the noise volume of activity that occurs in the audience during that time is tremendous. RCT is invaluable. The time length of the intermission is always a factor as to how much can be accomplished though. Certain areas tend to dictate more focused attention than others. Keith< On Feb 4, 2011, at 10:27 PM, Chuck Behm wrote: > ? I do concede the point that for situations requiring a quick touch-up, > such as during the intermission of a performance, > the ETD is not going to be helpful. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20110205/014066b6/attachment-0001.htm>
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