<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2600.0" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>There's a lot of blow hards on this list, but I don't believe any = of them use the oral method :-) </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>While the list of technicians grows in the use of ETD devices, most = of them never turn off their ears when crafting a tuning. An ETD is, after all, = only a tool to help you achieve what the ear must finally approve. So in a = sense a good ETD tuner always tunes aurally. The ETD may or may not increase your speed, prove helpful in the learning process and establish = reference points not possible via any other method. It is a tool that when used = properly can enhance a tuning for a given piano and give great freedom and = physical comfort for the tuning process. In the hands of a person who blindly = uses any device to dictate the position of a given = note, disastrous results can occur, especially where poor techniques of hammer = manipulation involved in setting both string and tuning pin are = concerned. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The archives are filled with the pros and cons of ETD usage. There = will be extremes of opinions at both ends of the debate over their usage. I hope = you will digest all of them and choose your course well. FWIW.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>An aural tuner now using RCT and his ears! </DIV> <DIV>Joseph Alkana  RPT<BR><A href="mailto:josephspiano@attbi.com">josephspiano@attbi.com</A></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=kccs@netralink.com = href="mailto:kccs@netralink.com">Kallie Swanepoel</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> Wednesday, June 26, 2002 = 1:40 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Tuning Oral</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Hi All<BR><BR>I'm on the list now for quite a while, = but I don't remember any discussions<BR>on this.  So my apologies if = this had already been discussed.<BR><BR>Are there still technicians who tune = orally, or are all using electronic and<BR>digital devices?  And are there = tuning devices available for visually<BR>impaired or blind technicians?  = Would the use of a tuning device improve<BR>tuning speed?<BR><BR>Kallie Swanepoel<BR>SOUTH AFRICA<BR>---<BR>Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.<BR>Checked by AVG anti-virus system (<A = href="http://www.grisoft.com">http://www.grisoft.com</A>).<BR>Version: = 6.0.361 / Virus Database: 199 - Release Date: = 070502<BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>