I've heard some very good aural tunings. I've heard some truly awful aural tunings. I've heard some very good "machine" tunings. I've heard some truly awful "machine" tunings. When I was tuning nearly fulltime, I used both. When asked, I said that I used the machine but my ear was the final authority and could tune either with or with out it just fine. And that's the way I liked it best. The machine was useful in setting some temperaments on some nearly untunable scales saving much aggrivation. At times, I did not like where the machine would put the stretch on either end and would routinely tweak things towards where my ear found it more pleasant to listen to. A good aural tuner can find a useful tool in a good "machine". A good "machine" tuner can find that well developed aural skills can make the "machine tunings" considerably better. I suspect the skill of the person using the tools has a lot to do with the outcome of a tuning. Just my take. Brian -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20110126/8d6c345f/attachment.htm>
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