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Ed Foote wrote: <br>
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<pre><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: small;"> I have seen quacks masquerading as experts for the entire time I have been in the trade. </span></pre>
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Alas, too true. <br>
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<pre><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: small; "><font face="Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"></font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif" size="2">. Human interest </font></pre>
<pre><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif" size="2">pieces that take pictures of beautiful,old uprights that just glow; never mind the totally shot pinning, bass strings, and actions inside that the </font></pre>
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Once in a blue moon, out here, the inside glows as much or more than
the outside. I saw one big <br>
old upright which had lived in the high desert in Montana, dry all
year long. When it came to <br>
California, untuned for twenty years, it went a quarter tone sharp
above 440. Under a very light <br>
coating of light grey dust it was ---- like new. <br>
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THANK YOU FOR THIS, ED! Truly. <br>
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<pre><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif" size="2"> I tuned aurally only for many years, and I understand it. I have used a SAT for some years now, and I understand it. I think I can hit my target </font></pre>
<pre><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif" size="2">with either, but I haven't seen a </font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: small; ">completely top flight tuning done by anyone with undeveloped aural skills. I know they might be out there, I just haven't seen them. </span></pre>
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It's very nearly impossible to prove a negative. There might be ---
one, a few ... but how could we <br>
know? <br>
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Susan <br>
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