<!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 6.00.2800.1126" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Alan, how about this;  Take the = machine along with you. Most pianos are going to be off a couple of cents at least, = use the machine on the first pass, then set A4 at 440, put the machine away, and = tune away. I know of one concert level technician who always does it that = way, and I am a big believer in two pass tunings anyway.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Kevin E. = Ramsey</FONT></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=tune4u@earthlink.net href="mailto:tune4u@earthlink.net">tune4u@earthlink.net</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, January 19, 2003 = 12:35 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Aural vs. = electronic again, was "Re: Another newbie question"</DIV><BR>I'm thinking it would be = good for me to lock the machine away for 6 months<BR>and let necessity motivate = me to get better and faster and more trusting of<BR>my ears. But it's a = little scary, too!<BR><BR>Alan Barnard<BR>Salem, = MO<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>