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[Mr. Mac's]

Hi Susan,

I appreciate your humble opinion graciously.

A simple computer dictionary definition of hybrid:
"a thing made by combining two different elements; a mixture"

As I understand your viewpoint, you have qualified your honorable disagreement with the word "volume",
   half of one and half of the other to maintain consistency from job to job,
   or maybe better put, a consistent measurement of one mixed with a consistent measurement of the other,
   to produce year after year the same results, liken unto a recipe for cooking.

This is something that will not happen in piano tuning.
There are too many variables, regardless of methods used.

However, please understand, I am not qualifying what degree is necessary
   for either element to become hybrid, only to say,
   a person must need to know, at least, what is required to achieve the goal,
   and have attempted both elements to judge for themselves. the measure of the two degrees applied,
   since those degrees of application will absolutely change from day to day depending on circumstances.

Thank you for the excellent input.

Sincerely,

Keith (a gold star recipient on two different occasions)

On Jan 27, 2011, at 3:21 PM, Susan Kline wrote:

> On 1/27/2011 11:45 AM, Mr. Mac's wrote:
>> An individual that no longer has to demonstrate the ability to tune
>>    strictly aural or strictly electronic. A "hybrid tuner" is a different breed altogether.
>> 
> I can't quite agree with this, Keith. To breed a hybrid vegetable, two good 
> parent varieties are required. When bred to each other in volume, you end up with 
> a uniform hybrid strain, which you can reproduce year after year by going back 
> to the two parent varieties and crossing them again. 
> 
> So, to make a "hybrid" tuner, you need someone who is qualified as an aural tuner, 
> and also fully adept at using the ETD. Those are the two parents. You 
> need for them both to be complete and strong, instead of getting half of one 
> and half of the other. 
> 
> In my HUMBLE opinion, of course. 
> 
> Susan