<HTML>David, Thanks for the reprint.  Seems as though the author is trying to ma= ke create more conflict than actually exists.  And it's always nice to = find that people think of us as geeks and loners....:-} As far as the ETD debate goes, the modern devices are pretty amazing, bu= t to me, the bottom line is this:  how does the piano SOUND?  If o= ne doesn't know anything about aural tuning, how can you even gauge what kin= d of a job your ETD has helped you do?  The ear has the final say, does= n't it?   Dave Stahl In a message dated 7/17/03 5:43:17 AM Pacific Daylight Time, dm.porritt@= verizon.net writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-= LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">*********** REPLY SEPARATOR=  *********** On 7/17/2003 at 8:29 AM Clyde Hollinger wrote: >Not true.  With RCT you can customize the stretch, and the same= may be >true of >some other ETDs (electronic tuning devices) as well.  It seems = to me that >the >hard part would be figuring out how much stretch a particular performer >wants. BUT ONCE YOU DO FIGURE OUT HOW MUCH STRETCH A PERFORMAER WANTS YOU CAN DUPLICATE IT NEXT TIME EXACTLY. dave > >Regards, >Clyde Hollinger, RPT > >David Love wrote: > >> Here's the text for those who don't want to register. <F= ONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="= 0"><BIG></BLOCKQUOTE><BIG><BIG> ></BIG></BIG> </BIG></HTML>