On 2/6, 11:59 AM, Mr. Mac's wrote: > On Feb 6, 2011, at 10:02 AM, Gerald Groot wrote: > >> As Israel mentions, “use an ETD under those circumstances - staying with a gradual drift and fixing whatever stands out as a bad interval or unison is far the lesser evil than jerking everything back to where you started from…” > Jer, > > An ETD is adjustable, OMG! > Of course, the user needs to know how. > > Keith Keith, But if changing the pitch is inadvisable - why take time to adjust an ETD, when you have, say, 10 minutes to touch up a piano? And keep monitoring and readjusting it as you go from section to section? This is where the ETD is a handicap - not an aide. In the time that it takes to fuss with the ETD, I can find the problems and fix them by ear. Not that I won't use an ETD when it is advisable (see my other post) - but in this case, in my opinion it is simply inefficient and can get you in trouble if you misjudge the drift and do not recalibrate when necessary - as the extent of the drift changes from section to section. Which is very easy to do when you are watching the thingie go around in circles and tuning accordingly... Way too much trouble... Israel Stein
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