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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Hi Tom,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I'll check this out. Sometimes an ETD would come in
handy especially in the high trebble on aweful pianos. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Thanks again. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Marshall</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=tvaktvak@sbcglobal.net href="mailto:tvaktvak@sbcglobal.net">Tom
Sivak</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, July 19, 2006 7:59
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Tuning/sight impaired
ETD</DIV>
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<DIV>Marshall,</DIV>
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<DIV>I had dinner with David Carpenter a couple of years ago and he told me he
was working on an adaptation for his Verituner for the sight impaired
tuner. He had gotten a grant from the government, I believe, to work on
this project. You might inquire with him about it. Perhaps there
is a prototype or Beta version available.</DIV>
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<DIV>Tom Sivak<BR><BR><B><I>pianotune05
<pianotune05@comcast.net></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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
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