<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=us-ascii"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2668" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080></FONT> </DIV><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000080 2px = solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left> <HR tabIndex=-1> <FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Susan Kline<BR><B>Sent:</B> June 19, 2005 12:21 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Pianotech<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: PC tuning vs. Aural tuning fork<BR></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV></DIV>At 08:07 PM 6/19/2005 +0100, you wrote:<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"><FONT face=arial = size=2>Now - let's be honest. How many of you can thump your chest and say "I = don't really need a PC tuning program - I <I>can </I>lay the bearings by = ear from a tuning fork <I>and</I> complete the tuning by ear". Well? = </BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV><BR><BR></FONT>Moi. It's the only way I've ever done it. I've = read all the arguments in favor of cybernetic tuning, but none yet have seemed compelling enough for me to change my ways. Maybe if someday I came = into a concert hall to tune, and saw the seats occupied by oscilloscopes = attached to microphones, that might give me pause. <BR><BR>Susan Kline, living = dinosaur (do dinosaurs have chests to thump?) <SPAN = class=765043419-19062005><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080> </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=765043419-19062005></SPAN> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV><SPAN class=765043419-19062005><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080>Yes, but their arms are too short to both play = the piano keys and tune at the same time. </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=765043419-19062005><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=765043419-19062005><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" = color=#000080>Let alone thump their chests.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=765043419-19062005></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=765043419-19062005><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080>Del</FONT> </SPAN></DIV></BODY></HTML>