<HTML><HEAD> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2715.400" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>Davenport got it right when he said that using an ETD doesn't mean you aren't tuning aurally.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV>David Love</DIV> <DIV><A href="mailto:davidlovepianos@earthlink.net">davidlovepianos@earthlink.net</A></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=Piannaman@aol.com href="mailto:Piannaman@aol.com"></A></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To: </B><A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> 7/17/2003 6:58:32 AM </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: LA Times Story - Text</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=2><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>David, <BR><BR>Thanks for the reprint.  Seems as though the author is trying to make create more conflict than actually exists.  And it's always nice to find that people think of us as geeks and loners....:-} <BR><BR>As far as the ETD debate goes, the modern devices are pretty amazing, but to me, the bottom line is this:  how does the piano SOUND?  If one doesn't know anything about aural tuning, how can you even gauge what kind of a job your ETD has helped you do?  The ear has the final say, doesn't it?   <BR><BR>Dave Stahl <BR><BR>In a message dated 7/17/03 5:43:17 AM Pacific Daylight Time, dm.porritt@verizon.net writes: <BR><BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" TYPE="CITE">*********** REPLY SEPARATOR  *********** <BR><BR>On 7/17/2003 at 8:29 AM Clyde Hollinger wrote: <BR><BR>>Not true.  With RCT you can customize the stretch, and the same may <BR>be <BR>>true of <BR>>some other ETDs (electronic tuning devices) as well.  It seems to me <BR>that <BR>>the <BR>>hard part would be figuring out how much stretch a particular <BR>performer <BR>>wants. <BR><BR>BUT ONCE YOU DO FIGURE OUT HOW MUCH STRETCH A PERFORMAER WANTS YOU <BR>CAN DUPLICATE IT NEXT TIME EXACTLY. <BR><BR>dave <BR><BR><BR>> <BR>>Regards, <BR>>Clyde Hollinger, RPT <BR>> <BR>>David Love wrote: <BR>> <BR>>> Here's the text for those who don't want to register. </FONT><FONT lang=0 face=Arial color=#000000 size=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BIG></BLOCKQUOTE><BIG><BIG><BR>></FONT><FONT lang=0 face=Arial color=#000000 size=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"></BIG></BIG> <BR></FONT><FONT lang=0 face=Arial color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR></BIG></FONT></FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>