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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Leo</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I agree with your point. A colleague of =
mine bought
an SAT III recently and is getting use to it. He is an excellent
tuner/tech, and wanted to engage in something new and different in =
his
work. I've been watching this ETD evolution with great interest and now =
that my
friend made the leap, the temptation is even greater. BUT! to me, the =
machine
only aids in getting the piano in tune. One must have the right skills =
to SET
the piano in tune so it will stay there for a reasonable length of time. =
I've
watched students with ETD's struggle to achieve this, and it's not their =
equipment, it's their technique. It is permissible to use ETDs for part =
of the
exam. I, too, would like to see it used throughout the test, and include =
tuning
unisons aurally along with tests for stability as is currently
done.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>P.S. My flame suit is orange: shows =
less fire but
more scorch marks. Impressive during deer hunting....On and =
Zipped!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Paul Chick</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A href="mailto:LHSBAND440@AOL.COM"
title=LHSBAND440@AOL.COM>LHSBAND440@AOL.COM</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org"
title=pianotech@ptg.org>pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, December 11, 2000 =
6:01
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Tuning Test</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>Dear Group, =
<BR><BR> I wonder if we will ever see in =
our time
that the RPT examine will be <BR>done with an ETD alone. Someone =
stated
that the EDT device is comparable to <BR>the computer revolution. =
I
think that this is true. Yes, I can add =
<BR>24983987349873982987349873 +
20394803984029809384 divided by <BR>2098098209830498309 and find the =
square
root of this number in about 14 days <BR>if I do it by had but a =
computer can
find it in about .03 seconds. Sometimes <BR>it is very hard to =
let go of
the old way but the way computers develop they <BR>will in time, if =
not
already, be able to set a temperament better and faster <BR>than our =
ears ever
could. It is just a matter of time.
<BR><BR> Can you imagine this list a few =
hundred years
from now. All of the ETD <BR>tuners will be the old fogies and =
lord know
what they will be tuning with. <BR>Probably a laser tuning =
hammer that
works by mind direction only. <BR><BR>flame suit in place and standing =
near a
fire hydrant. <BR><BR>Leo Silverman =
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