[pianotech] the big discussion

[Susan Kline]

The contest was between two completely honorable people, of course.

However, do you think he would have accepted the contest if he had known
ahead of time that his SAT wouldn't be able to generate an excellent 
tuning on
the piano in question? It's not dishonest for him to know ahead of time
that the contest was between Virgil at his best and the SAT at its best.
They obviously didn't want to set up the test using matching spinets.

Susan

On 1/31/2011 9:13 AM, Mr. Mac's wrote:
> On Jan 31, 2011, at 10:47 AM, Susan Kline wrote:
>
>> On the other hand, it was pointed out that Jim Coleman, Sr. is an accomplished aural tuner without any ETD, so the contest was between a purely aural tuner and what people started to call a "hybrid" tuner.
> Susan,
>
> You bring up an interesting point.
>
> Yes, Jim, Sr. was a "hybrid tuner" by the current definition.
>
> But do you really know he implemented his aural skills mixed in
>     with the SAT. I think not. Yet I allow it is not an impossibility,
>     and will most likely never be known for certain.
>
> I simply accepted he was true to the demonstration, strictly aural versus strictly SAT.
> How much more honorable individuals can there be then him and Sir Virgil Smith?
>
> Implication does not substantiate the truth of the matter.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Keith
>