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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello List and Sarah Peace who said =
(inter
alia)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>" After all, aural tuning relies on =
counting beats,
and beat rate would vary with overall pitch. However, beats are =
irrelevant
to electronic tuning. I can't really speak from experience, as I =
only tune
electronically. Any thoughts from you aural tuners?"</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>As an "aural tuner" I don't =
actually "count"
the beats - it's just an educated-through-years-of-experience =
"sensation" or
"sixth sense" which tells me "that's right! - or wrong!" in relation to =
the
notes about it.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Today, for example, I tuned an old =
piano "to its
own pitch" - a thing I often do if cash or virtue are in
question. After extrapolating the pitch from the covered Bass =
strings, I simply set the bearings using my own unpatented "quadrant =
system". It
always works - and no EDT is required. I think it is really important =
that all
tuners should have a working knowledge of how to set the bearings =
aurally. No
examinee should pass the exam without proving they are capable of so =
doing. You
never know when you're going to run out of power out in the styx with no =
replacement batteries for miles. I am not fazed by such. So all this =
natter
about "cents" and "Herz" (don't they rent cars?) is all very interesting =
- so
far as it goes - but at the end of the day if you can't tune the piano =
by ear
you should not consider yourself truly a professional tuner. Technician, =
possibly. Tuner, no.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>BTW my quadrant system may be used in =
conjunction
with an EDT or entirely by itself. I use it with an EDT at modified =
pitch
settings over the whole piano if I am pitch raising. =
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Michael G =
(UK)</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>