WHAT is the REAL STORY, and WHY do the following facts resolve the issue of aural vs ETD? What do they have to do with the price of bread in Denmark? " the tuning is calculate-able, has the same amount of stretch in the same places, be more accurate, etc." The ETD tuning is only as "accurate" as the algorithms used to calculate it, and the parameters by which the program designer has defined accuracy. That is very precise these days, but not infinitely so. You are assuming that aural tunings are not calculable - they are. They're called temperments and checks. We're arguing about how many angels can dance on the head of a pin, aren't we? If we start with a piano that is very, very close and then have our best Aural and ETD tuners do their best tuning on it, you can end up with a tuning that is virtually indistinguishable between the two by the best pianistic ears in the world. That is the only meaningful reference standard. I go back to David Andersen's comment about Barbara Renner's tunings. I have heard her tunings on many recordings - a very exposed environment - and admired them. I was surprised to learn a couple of years ago that she tunes with an ETD. And David's aural tunings are spectacularly good too. Both are incredibly musical, which is the real bottom line. What makes these two people our very best is not their method - aural or ETD - but their uncompromising commitment to excellence and their pushing the limits to new ground. That's what separates them from you. You have reached a point that you consider "good enough" and devote your every breath to defending your ignorance from there, instead of using that energy to push back the veils that are still before you. We only realize where our ignorance has been as new knowledge begins to leave it behind us. It takes real humility to recognize when what we thought we knew is wrong, and put our own egos out of the way so that we can learn something new. It is almost always true that our best teachers are eternal students. Will Truitt -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Duaine Hechler Sent: Friday, January 28, 2011 2:20 AM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: [pianotech] Counts ....... Apparently, arguing and bantering over this issue of aural vs ETD is getting nowhere. So lets turn to facts....not speculation .... cold hard facts ......coming from HQ and/or surveys Can anyone shed the light on some facts, like: How many established aural tuners are out there ? How many established ETD tuners are out there ? How many - new - tuners have started with aural tuning ? How many - new - tuners have started with ETD tuning ? Are the number of persons going after RPT, on the rise or decline ? Are the number of persons, taking and passing the - tuning - portion of the RPT test, on the rise or decline ? These facts should tell the real story ! -- Duaine Hechler Piano, Player Piano, Pump Organ Tuning, Servicing & Rebuilding Reed Organ Society Member Florissant, MO 63034 (314) 838-5587 dahechler at att.net www.hechlerpianoandorgan.com -- Home & Business user of Linux - 11 years
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