Yes I do know that and it illustrates my point. Many (not all) have suggested that the use of an etd is a substitute for hearing. That spurious argument is that the use of technology necessarily endangers our pre technological abilities. Especially in this case since virtually everyone who uses etds tunes 2/3's of the piano aurally (the unisons). People seem to forget that. Your cautionary tale is fine but to some degree it presupposes the loss of skills from a former age. That's not necessarily the case was my point and the comingling of the ideas, etd use and loss of the ability to hear, is by many being treated as a foregone conclusion. I'm sure people are tiring of this discussion but what I am tired of is the repeated tendency of some (not all) to keep suggesting that etd tuning is non-musical and necessarily implies a loss of a certain skill set or the inability to develop one. I've heard plenty of aural tunings that were worse than non musical, simply out of tune. David Love www.davidlovepianos.com Not one person has ever thought these charts were intended as a substitute for hearing. On the contrary, they have encouraged many to experiment with the historical temperaments to expand the range of their listening. But you know this. > > Jason > > <snip> > -- > | || ||| || ||| || ||| || ||| || ||| || ||| || ||| > jason's cell 425 830 1561 > | || ||| || ||| || ||| || ||| || ||| || ||| || ||| > -- | || ||| || ||| || ||| || ||| || ||| || ||| || ||| jason's cell 425 830 1561 | || ||| || ||| || ||| || ||| || ||| || ||| || ||| -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20110131/a1db012d/attachment.htm>
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