<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div><br></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>I noticed that some listers did not understand my analogy between a vacuum cleaner and an ETD  :</div><div><br></div><div>The Indian servant is brushing the 300 Yard hallway with a tiny hand brush, on his knees!</div><div>It takes him at least a full day, on his knees.</div><div>So I think : give the poor bugger a vacuum cleaner.. makes life for an Indian sweeper so much easier.</div><div>The analogy here is that my ETD is like the sweeper's vacuum cleaner!</div><div>works much cleaner and much faster!</div><div>Capisce?</div><div><br></div><div>Besides, there has been written quite a lot about this ETD topic. (look in the archives)</div><div>I have tuned countless and countless piano's aurally.</div><div>At some time I was on the peak of my aural tuning development.</div><div>To make the most gorgeous etc tuning in the world took me at least 1,5 hour to 2 hours.</div><div><br></div><div>Right then, I noticed that there was a new ETD that gave me EXACTLY the very same superb and almost faultless tuning.</div><div>The difference between my aural tuning and the new ETD tuning was mainly a difference in time, and it gave me far less stress.</div><div>I got used to the ETD very fast and if I really try my best to make, what I call a 'power tuning', it will take me 45 minutes to 1 hour.</div><div>I am especially pleased by the fact that my ETD has improved my technique.</div><div>It is very disheartening to SEE what happens if you give a key a mighty blow (!)</div><div><br></div><div>OOR</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>----------------------------------------------------------</div><div><div>quote :</div><div><br></div><div>The very first time I went to India, i woke up the next morning hearing a specific sound outside the door of my hotel room.</div><div>I sounded like someone brushing something.</div><div>As it continued, I could not help being curious to what it was and I opened the door.</div><div>Behind that door there was an indian hotel servant on his knees, brushing the carpet of the 300 yards hall way!</div><div>I thought to myself "why don't they give this guy a proper vacuum cleaner"?</div><div><br></div><div>My ETD is like that vacuum cleaner.</div><div><br></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; ">friendly greetings<br>from<br>André Oorebeek<br><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; ">Antoni van Leeuwenhoekweg 15</span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px; ">1401 VW, Bussum</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px; ">the Netherlands</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px; "><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px; ">tel :    +31 35 6975840</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px; ">gsm : +31 652 388008</span></font></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; "><br>"where Music is, no harm can be"</span></div><div><br></div></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </div><br></body></html>