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<DIV>Richard:</DIV>
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<DIV>Hmmmm! This "poll" was about how many used ETDs and how many
don't. I don't recall anything about feeling competent to use only their
ears. I weighed in as an ETD user, but that doesn't mean I don't feel
competent to use only my ears. I just generally choose not to. Why
is it that there is that group who thinks it wonderful to use gram scales that
weigh to 0.01 gram, calipers to measure to 0.0001 inch, but think precision
tuning tools are beneath them?</DIV>
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<DIV>dave</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>*********** REPLY SEPARATOR ***********<BR><BR>On
12/22/01 at 8:47 PM Richard Brekne wrote:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Terry...... I wonder if you can extrapolate out of the information you
have recieved so far how many tuners feel themselves competent to tune with
ears only, and how many feel that it is neccessary to be able to use the ears
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David M. Porritt
dporritt@mail.smu.edu
Meadows School of the Arts
Southern Methodist University
Dallas, TX 75275
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