On 1/25/2011 10:25 PM, Duaine Hechler wrote: >> P.S. Just because you followed one really poor aural tuner doesn't >> > prove anything about the other ones. >> > > Here we go again with the lectures ...... > > Fossil is right - and - you have know idea what you are talking about In some cases, "fossil" could be considered a badge of honor. I was pointing out that your example (while I believe it happened just the way you say, and I'm glad that the piano owner was so happy with your work) was evidently intended to be derogatory toward aural tuning in general, and that one event does not prove a general case. So, I think it was you providing the lecture. Have I used an ETD? For once, you thinks right. I did consider buying one once ... I can relate an email exchange which I treasure. Jim Coleman, Sr. had asked the pianotech list's aural tuners how they felt about the process of tuning aurally, and I had sent a flowery kind of post about feeling directly in touch with the instrument, and the universe, and all that (or some such), and it occurred to me that he had no way of knowing whether I could tune my way out of a paper bag, or whether I was just blowing smoke. So I copied all the concert recordings of my tunings which I had (I was pretty thorough -- I sent them ALL to him <grin>). And since he was selling ETDs, I asked him about whether it would be a good idea to buy one, for when I was tuning two pianos to each other, if neither could be moved. I usually move one so I can play both keyboards at once. And he replied, "Having heard your recordings, I don't think you should waste your money." Susan Kline (conceited fossil) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20110125/388e89f3/attachment.htm>
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