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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Amen!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=jonpage@comcast.net href="mailto:jonpage@comcast.net">Jon =
Page</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, February 11, =
2004 10:07
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Verituner</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><PRE>>I say: If you rely on an external device your =
tuning ear will
eventually
>fall into a state of disuetude and suddenly you won't be able to
tune
>without a device at all. This is why I only use the CTS-5 to
"help" lay the
>bearings in just one 8ve. Then I turn it off and finish the job by
ear. I
>have yet to have a call-back on my tunings.
</PRE>Your ears do not suffer for lack of listening. Unisons are/should =
be
tuned by ear with the exception<BR>of problematic unisons at breaks or =
false
beats. Octaves, 2 oct, 3 oct, etc. are verified aurally after<BR>the =
note is
set with the ETD. Your ear is saved for honing, the ETD does the
pitching. The bearings<BR>can be aurally checked too. When I =
first
started using the VT, I checked the temperaments aurally<BR>and =
finally
realized that it was a redundant exercise since the VT does a superb
job.<BR><BR>Your ears benefit by the decrease in db reaching them. =
Instead of
pounding two notes, you're only<BR>hitting one note. Two notes are =
played only
to verify, softly, not at a string setting volume. Your hand<BR>will =
suffer
less stress also.<BR><BR>Your general being benefits by your not =
having to be
constantly 'ON' in regards to perception. (After all,<BR>tuning is =
probably
10% listening and 90% perception). The machine does 90% of the work, =
leaving
your<BR>ears/perception to hone the final 10%. A notable =
experience I
had after starting with the VT was tuning<BR>for a school one =
afternoon. The
drudgery of practice room pianos...after tuning four pianos, I walked
out<BR>of there no worse the wear for having tuned one aurally. My =
head was
not bombarded with db and<BR>befuddled with prolonged, focused
concentration. The VT is a welcome assistant.<BR>I have tweaked =
the
stretch to match my aural tunings.<BR><BR>Tuning has become so less =
tedious I
almost feel I should be charging less... nahhhh.<BR><BR>In fact, a =
review of a
concert a few months ago included a remark that the piano was 'in =
perfect
tune'...<BR>something which is not usually included in such reviews. I =
attribute what grabbed the reviewer's<BR>attention was the WT =
(Broadwood Best)
and not so much my squeeky clean unisons and octaves. :-)<BR><BR>Also, =
the VT
User Forum is a wealth of info much the same as this forum.<BR><BR>VT =
. . . I
don't leave home without it.<BR><BR><X-SIGSEP>
<P></X-SIGSEP>Regards,<BR><BR>Jon Page, piano technician<BR>Harwich =
Port, Cape
Cod, Mass.<BR><A href="mailto:jonpage@comcast.net"
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eudora="autourl">mailto:jonpage@comcast.net<BR></A>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~=
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