<!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 6.00.2900.2912" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Hi David,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>I tune by ear, and I'm a new guy on the block and holding my ground I do add. ;)  In fact, I tried using ear plugs while tuning and that worked great.   I'm sight impaired and I have trouble reading the displays on these ETDs.  The lights I can see fine.  I think they have their place IMHO, :) but for me it's easier to just hone the skill of aural tuning.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Marshall</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial> </FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr 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=dlawson@davidlawsonspianos.com.au href="mailto:dlawson@davidlawsonspianos.com.au">David Lawson</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, July 09, 2006 6:39 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Tuning</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>G'day to you all.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>As an oldie, and an aural tuner, and knowing very little about electronic tuning devices, I am amazed at the amount of reference there is to the later. Are there still people being taught aural tuning, or have those days gone? I find the ear to be the best way to judge what is required from a tuning of a particular piano. I may be wrong, however using an ETD seems to me to be similar to playing a digital keyboard, you get what they give you. Am I way off the beam, or just a little too old to judge?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Love the banter.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>David Lawson  Wangaratta   Australia.</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>