After all, as one of our local chapter members says: “Tuning Stability & Unisons The Foundation of Quality Work” AMEN On 06/05/2012 01:29 AM, Duaine Hechler wrote: > Not to deliberately start this war all over again - BUT - if she is expected to learn aural tuning - FIRST - trust me > - she will drop tuning in a heart beat (no pun intended). > > To let her "dabble", its best with an ETD ! > > IMHO, Duaine > > On 06/05/2012 01:09 AM, Paul McCloud wrote: >> Cheapest ETD is probably TuneLab, or a used Accutuner. >> She should try tuning unisons first, to get a feel for using the hammer. If she can't do unisons, an ETD isn't going >> to help much. Learning to tune by ear is actually the cheapest way, and she'll have more fun learning to hear beats, >> etc. Aural tuning is more interesting than watching lights or a screen. These won't tell you much about what's going >> on behind the scenes. My guess is, if you lent her your ETD and let her try tuning, she'd give up in a short while. >> Without some kind of motive ($$$) other than intellectual stimulation, the learning curve is too steep for most >> people. If she just wants to dabble on her own piano, trust me she'll become a very loyal customer in a VERY short >> time when she finds out it isn't all that easy to do. >> My too scents. >> Paul McCloud >> SaN DIeGo >> >> On 06/04/2012 10:47 PM, Tom Gorley wrote: >>> The 50 year old daughter of a former client wants to dabble with piano >>> tuning. She doesn't want to go into business, just learn something new. >>> She wants to get a middle-of-the-road hammer. Does anyone have an >>> opinion on a basic ETD for her? >>> * >>> * >>> **Tom Gorley >>>> Registered Piano Technician >>>> **(650) 948-9522 >>> >>> >>> >> > > -- 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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