<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Add my 2 cents and make it 4.<div><br><div>
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<br><div><div>On Jun 5, 2012, at 2:09 AM, Paul McCloud wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Cheapest ETD is probably TuneLab, or a used Accutuner.<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>She should try tuning unisons first, to get a feel for using the hammer. If she can't do unisons, an ETD isn't going to help much. Learning to tune by ear is actually the cheapest way, and she'll have more fun learning to hear beats, etc. Aural tuning is more interesting than watching lights or a screen. These won't tell you much about what's going on behind the scenes. My guess is, if you lent her your ETD and let her try tuning, she'd give up in a short while. Without some kind of motive ($$$) other than intellectual stimulation, the learning curve is too steep for most people. If she just wants to dabble on her own piano, trust me she'll become a very loyal customer in a VERY short time when she finds out it isn't all that easy to do.<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>My too scents.<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Paul McCloud<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>SaN DIeGo<br><br>On 06/04/2012 10:47 PM, Tom Gorley wrote:<br><blockquote type="cite">The 50 year old daughter of a former client wants to dabble with piano<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">tuning. She doesn't want to go into business, just learn something new.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">She wants to get a middle-of-the-road hammer. Does anyone have an<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">opinion on a basic ETD for her?<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">*<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">*<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">**Tom Gorley<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Registered Piano Technician<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">**(650) 948-9522<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><br></div></div><br></div></body></html>