<!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 6.00.2900.2604" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Those ETDs, are the ones that gave ETD assisted tunings a bad name.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>The SAT, VT, Pro Lab and RCT,(no order of merit) have taken the ETDs a long way from there.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Another lousy one was the Conn Strobotuner.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE 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=quentin.codevelle@tiscali.fr href="mailto:quentin.codevelle@tiscali.fr">Quentin Codevelle</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, February 13, 2005 1:02 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Our good old ETD's</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello list,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I know that many techs in the US tune with the help of an ETD, and I 've found several old ETD's in our workshop, I wonder if you have ever tried them before buying your actual ETD.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Two out of three machines are still working.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Look at the pictures...</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>BTW which ETD do you use every day? Did you ever have some bad comments coming from the customers when they saw you were tuning with an ETD instead of aural?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>In France, many people are reluctant to ETD's, and it is difficult for many techs and even to the clients to change their minds about it.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I personally use the trial version of Tunelab pocket since a month, it is great for checking my temperament and checking the precision of the octaves.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I've not tuned any piano only with the ETD, I've only checked my work with it for the moment.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Have a good evening.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Quentin</FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV> <P> <HR> <P></P>_______________________________________________<BR>pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>