<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 12/14/00 6:58:10 AM Pacific Standard Time, <BR>Wimblees@AOL.COM writes:
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<BR><< I agree hold heartily, Wim, but my point is that because I am also an
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<BR>I had no way of knowing that the SAT was going out. It charged up very well
<BR>the week before.
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<BR>Dave Peake, RPT >>
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<BR>I am not suggesting that tuners not know how to tune aurally. Eventually,
<BR>those that tune only with a machine are going to left out in the cold. An <BR>ETD
<BR>is a tool, and, as with any tool, if you don't know how to use it, it's no
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<BR>Willem
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<BR>I see your point. Here is another reason to be an aural tuner as well as an <BR>ETD tuner. You mentioned that a person who totally relies on an ETD, should <BR>it go out, he or she should rescheduled, borrow an ETD from someone else. <BR>Then he or she loses income due to a hole in the schedule even though the <BR>appointment was rescheduled.
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<BR>An aural tuner will put the machine down and tune aurally without having to <BR>reschedule and lose the income. Time is money, and lost time is no money.
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<BR>Dave Peake, RPT
<BR>Portland Chapter
<BR>Oregon City, OR
<BR>www.davespianoworks.locality.com
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