<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html> Jimmenees David... I was just curious... didnt mean to start any controversy or anything... I thought it was a fair question... at least as fair as the origional one was anyways.  Besides... you and I both know that your analogy below is not really quite applicable. Tuning is and always will be a creative endeavour. The minute, nay... the second you turn it into something purely mechanical is the day the beauty of tuning dies. Merry Christmas !   "David M. Porritt" wrote: <blockquote TYPE=CITE> Richard: 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? dave *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 12/22/01 at 8:47 PM Richard Brekne wrote: <blockquote style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid">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 to doublecheck the ETDs'</blockquote> _____________________________ </blockquote> -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. Bergen, Norway <A HREF="mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no">mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no</A>  </html>