<HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-885= 9-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1515" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY style="BORDER-TOP-STYLE: none; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: none; BORDER= -LEFT-STYLE: none; BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: none" bgColor=#ffffff> <P>The reason the exam records don't bear this out is because of the 2 = octave aural tuning portions of the exam.  You can't take the test= with a ETD alone.  You must pass the aural portion. &nb= sp; I am simply saying an ETD will pass accuracy-wise but the poor thin= k can't take the aural portion.   </P> <P>David I.<BR><BR></P> <DIV style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 5p= x; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 3px solid; PADDING-TOP: 5px"> <HR> Original message<BR>From: "Joe Garrett" <JOEGARRETT@EARTHLINK.NET><BR>T= o: pianotech <PIANOTECH@PTG.ORG><BR>Received: 9/12/2005 9:44:17 PM<BR>S= ubject: SAT Scores on Tuning Exam<BR><BR> <DIV align=left>So I just checked with Michael Kimbell, our San Franc= isco CTE and tunin=<BR>g examiner and he concurred with my statement.=    <BR>David ,</DIV> <DIV>Then Michael is on Drugs, IMO. </DIV> <DIV>The simple fact remains, that the Test Instrument is tuned Aurally= , by at least Three tuners, one of which must be a CTE. Since the piano= is tuned Aurally, there is no way in hell, the SAT will reproduce this= ! I'm sure if you check with Paul Brown, he'll tell you that exams, of = record, do not bear out this B.S.! As for the claims of Reyburn and Ver= ituner...That smatters of the "Diaphramatic Soundboard" B.S. that we so= blatantly poo poo, on this list almost every day. Sales Hype, IMO.</DI= V> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joe Garrett, R.P.T.<BR>Captain, Tool P= olice<BR>Squares R I</FONT></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>