WOW, Wim, we agree on something. I've been trying to say this for 11 years now - almost since I started in this business. Amazing, Duaine On 02/05/2011 10:09 PM, tnrwim at aol.com wrote: > From what a number of you have been saying, as long as you are > perfectly satisfied with your ETD, and you know it can produce a high > quality tuning that you are satisfied with day in and day out, there > is no way you're going to go to the trouble of learning to tune the > middle two octave aurally. > > Ironically enough, I've proposed to "the powers" of the PTG to > eliminate the aural portion of the Tuning Exam for quite some time > now, but to make section 2 and the unison sections more stringent. > > I don't want this to become a topic of conversation on this list, > because that is what the PTG-l is for, but perhaps it's time for the > ETS Committee, the Board, and Council, for that matter, to start start > talking in that direction. Perhaps it's time the PTG moved into the > 21st century, and face the reality that the new electronic tuning > devices are here to stay, and that by ignoring that reality, it is > hurting the membership of the organization. > > Wim -- Duaine Hechler Piano, Player Piano, Pump Organ Tuning, Servicing & Rebuilding Reed Organ Society Member Florissant, MO 63034 (314) 838-5587 dahechler at att.net www.hechlerpianoandorgan.com -- Home & Business user of Linux - 11 years
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