[pianotech] The big discussion

[David Love]

And the same can be said of developing your own custom stretch style. I know aural tuners who tune the top octave more like 9ths than octaves. They like it stretched and it certainly is. Aural "skills" and understanding are no guarantee of good musical judgment.
David Love
www.davidlovepianos.com
(sent from bb)

-----Original Message-----
From: Alan Eder <reggaepass at aol.com>
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Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 18:10:55 
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Subject: Re: [pianotech] The big discussion

Paul,

Still Aural (with an occasional ETDhelper) to the death...or deaf.....
... which raises one rarely discussed, down-the-road benefit of using an Electronic Tuning Aid: eventual, inevitable hearing loss.  As I have already testified, I tune both aurally and with a gizmo (at the same time).  Although I always tune unisons by ear, if/when the rest of me survives being able to hear well enough to tune, I will know what a good tuning "looks" like.  (Lord knows that I've followed the work of some old-timers who would have done an indisputably better job had they used a machine, I mean when A#7 sounds LOWER than the A below it, I'd say it is time for to call in the special forces!)  Sure, this is not a major, compelling selling point to a list peopled by folks who are busy tuning their brains out, but since I'm pretty sure we have left no turn un-stoned on this subject, thought I'd run it up the flag pole and... duck. ;-)


Alan Eder


-----Original Message-----
From: Paul T Williams <pwilliams4 at unlnotes.unl.edu>
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Sent: Thu, Jan 27, 2011 9:41 am
Subject: Re: [pianotech] The big discussion


Daniel,

I love this comment!

To each his own,  and on with whateverfloats your boat!  Aural education only makes true sense for a foundation,or else the ETD will have an epic fail.

Still Aural (with an occasional ETDhelper) to the death...or deaf.....

Paul





From:
Daniel Carlton <danielcarltondesign at gmail.com>

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pianotech at ptg.org

Date:
01/27/2011 04:25 PM

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Re: [pianotech] The big discussion






Ok. I'll just say this, (because you all have goodand well-founded  
points) and then I'll be done:
I think ANYONE that wants to tune pianos and charge people for it  
should be expected to have a good understanding of aural tuning theory 
and be able to demonstrate it by doing reasonably good tunings  
consistently. From there, they can take whichever road will get them  
to the end result.

Daniel OUT

 

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