<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1491" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Quention.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Peterson is another name that comes to = mind. I need to update from Tune Lab 97 as soon as possible. I have had no problem = with most customers concerning aural versus 'assisted' tunings. A tuning fork is a = simple device. It does not give you the information that a quality ETD is = capable of. With some user/customer education,they make our 'hearing' job easier and = 'more accurate'. Joe Goss posted as I was typing this, I agree with him wholeheartedly.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hubert Liverman</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Tuner/tech</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Those ETDs, are the ones that gave ETD = assisted tunings a bad name.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>The SAT, VT, Pro Lab and RCT,(no order = of merit) have taken the ETDs a long way from = there.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Another lousy one was the Conn Strobotuner.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A = href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A></DIV>= <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=quentin.codevelle@tiscali.fr href="mailto:quentin.codevelle@tiscali.fr">Quentin Codevelle</A> = </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, February 13, = 2005 1:02 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Our good old = ETD's</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello list,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I know that many techs in the US = tune with the help of an ETD, and I 've found several old ETD's in our workshop, I = wonder if you have ever tried them before buying your actual = ETD.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Two out of three machines are still = working.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Look at the = pictures...</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>BTW which ETD do you use every day? = Did you ever have some bad comments coming from the customers when they saw = you were tuning with an ETD instead of aural?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>In France, many people are = reluctant to ETD's, and it is difficult for many techs and even to the clients to = change their minds about it.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I personally use the trial version = of Tunelab pocket since a month, it is great for checking my temperament and = checking the precision of the octaves.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I've not tuned any piano only with = the ETD, I've only checked my work with it for the moment.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Have a good evening.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial = size=2>Quentin</FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV> <P> <HR> <P></P>_______________________________________________<BR>pianotech = list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOT= E></BODY></HTML>