[pianotech] Counts .......

[tnrwim at aol.com]

I tried - at a convention - to take an aural tuning class with Mr. Jim
oleman. 99% of what he was trying to get me to here, I could not.
Therefore, for me, that is the only way I have to go.
Duaine

And that, folks, is who is out there tooning pianos for a living. Perhaps it's a good thing he doesn't want to be a member of the PTG. Unlike most members who actually want to learn something about our art, here is someone who doesn't have a clue what it's all about.  

Wim  






-----Original Message-----
From: Duaine Hechler <dahechler at att.net>
To: pianotech <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Fri, Jan 28, 2011 5:23 pm
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Counts .......


On 01/28/2011 08:50 PM, tnrwim at aol.com wrote:

     On 01/28/2011 06:56 PM, tnrwim at aol.com <mailto:tnrwim at aol.com> wrote:
     > Duaine
     >  
     > What does doing church tunings have to do with my question? The
     > question is, has any one ever evaluated your tuning?  I'm talking
     > about someone who knows what a tuning is supposed to be, not just a
     > satisfied customer. Someone who has at least passed the RPT exam, but
     > preferably a current or former CTE.
     YES, my mentor, who is an RPT and used to tune aurally for 30+ years -
     now - for close to 15 years - uses Cybertuner.


  
  
 And when was the last time any one evaluated his tuning?  I'm not
 trying to be picky, but we all fall into a rut, and sometimes we need
 to do something to get us out of that rut. Take a tuning class, ask
 another tuner to evaluate your tuning, take part in a tuning exam, or
 best, sit in on a master tuning. Schedule to spend an extra hour at a
 high quality piano, and really evaluate your tuning, doing all the
 test and checks that have been mentioned on this list on several
 occasions. Then you will know if your ETD tuning is as good as it is
 supposed to be. As I said before, when I tune a piano with an ETD, I
 then tune the piano again, without it. There is a difference. 
  
 But I guess you will never know that there is a better tuning
 than what the Cybertuner will give you, because you don't know what to
 listen for.  The best analogy I can give is this. There are basically
 two ways to get from Florissant to Sappington. One is by taking
 Lindbergh, the other is on 270. You're afraid to get on 270, because
 people drive to fast, so you only take Lindbergh. You claim up and
 down that it's the only way to get to Sappington, even when everyone
 else tells you 270 is much faster. So here's an idea. Instead of
 insisting that Lindbergh is the only way to get to Sappington, why
 don't you take some driving lessons, and learn how to drive on 270?
 Then you can make your own decision. It does't mean you HAVE to take
 270 all the time, or that you HAVE to take Lindbergh. In fact, there
 are times when you might need to take both part of the way. But the
 big difference is, you'll have a choice, because you know how to take
 both. And people won't think you're an ass because you keep insisting
 Lindbergh is the only way to drive to Sappington.
  
 Wim
  
irst, I can't speak for my mentor however when i was working with - him
 he had an active clientele of over 3,000.
Here, we go again, with another completely useless analogy.
I'm not afraid of anything.
And, here we go again, having to repeat myself:
I tried - at a convention - to take an aural tuning class with Mr. Jim
oleman. 99% of what he was trying to get me to here, I could not.
Therefore, for me, that is the only way I have to go.
Duaine
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