[pianotech] Fw: Tuning, was advertising

[Duaine Hechler]

Ed,

Thank you - from another satisfied ETD user !

Duaine

On 01/27/2011 07:48 AM, Ed Foote wrote:
> Wim writes:
>  >> There is nothing wrong with using an
> > ETD. I use one every day, as do most RPT's.  But until you actually
> > know how to tune aurally, which you admit you don't know how to do,
> > you will NEVER know how much better an aural tuning is. You might be
> > satisfied with an ETD tuning, but that doesn't mean it's better than
> > an aural tuning. 
>
>
>         Whoa!  there are some pretty strong suppositions here. Using a machine, after 16 years of aural-only studio work, made me a better tuner. 
>  How much better is the aural tuning than the ETD?  The vast
> majority of aural tunings I have seen have been inferior to an ETD's, (at least, on the better pianos).  What does the 
> aural tuner do when correcting a 3 cent flat piano?  Can we, aurally, make that .7 cent correction as we go?  I think not. What of 
> the piano that has varying degrees of off pitch?  Can the ear compensate on the way through the scale?  I think not.  
>   And I don't  believe that the ear is more consistent than the microchip,either,  so repeat tunings, in critical applications, 
> are better served by the machine.  
> 	How is the aural tuning going to compete with the recorded and stored tuning that has 
> been used and tweaked numerous times in a process of refinement that is unavailable anywhere else?  There is no cumulative 
> refinement available with the strictly aural tuning, we have to reinvent the whole thing everytime. However, the machines can 
> feed us back that last tuning we did on that Bramyoungway piano, allowing us to critique it each time we use it, making corrections
> until there is nothing less than what we consider ideal. Every aural tuning will be a little different, which one is better? 
>    There may be some aural tuners that can surpass the ETD on full size pianos, but I haven't seen one in a long time, and submit that they are 
> the exception to the rule.  At the root is how accurately can we measure? Do you want a carpenter that uses
> a measuring tape or one that eyeballs everything? 
> Regards, 
> Ed Foote RPT


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