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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Oh, Ric, you had me going there for a minute - =
that is
until I read:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>"Not having tried the Verituner myself....."</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Then I understood where you were coming =
from.
;-)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV>
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style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; =
BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">Would
I suggest you dont know what you're talking about ???? grin.. surely =
you jest.
If there is anyone who deserves the <BR>title of Piano Guru in my =
book, surely
you are amoung the most valued of these.<BR><BR>Still, my own concerns =
hold,
and do not really come in conflict with your enthusiasms for =
Verituner. I just
find it suspect at best to assume that <BR>tuning interests are served =
by
developing the idea that we only need the machine. That we need =
not
develop a musical ear for ourselves, that we need not develop an
theoretical understanding of tuning in general, that we need not =
put the
machines solution (regardless of how good that is or isnt) into the
perspective of the subjective yet learned EAR.<BR><BR>Not having tried =
the
Verituner myself, I of course can not speak to its pros and cons =
beyond the
fact that I am on record for being in support of the general =
multipartial
approach. The single partial approach does not really do it for me. I =
find too
many examples like the one that started this thread that result from =
out and
out reliance on single partial tuning curves. But my point is =
not about
whether their exists a <<good enough>> tuning machine or =
not. It
goes to what happens when we become so reliant on them that we no =
longer can
<<hear>> much less <<understand>> what a good =
tuning
is anymore. I'm all for using ETD's... but only as a =
supplement.
Keeping the collective << tuners ear >> trained, schooled, =
and
ready can only be a good idea as far as I can
see.<BR><BR>Cheers<BR>RicB</BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>