<html> <font size=3>At 01:12 AM 01/30/2000 -0500, you wrote:<br> <snip><br> >Fairchild's tuning was judged by the professional piano technicians that <br> >witnessed it to be good enough to be considered a valid tuning. I think it is <br> >best left at that.<snip><br> >Bill Bremmer RPT<br> <br> <br> At the time I witnessed Steve perform this super-human feat the PTG tuning exam<br> did not employ the scrutiny of an ETD (ETD's were not quite legitimate then).<br> A three tuner panel appraised the worthiness of the applicant's temperament<br> construction, octave placement and stability.<br> A tuning fork was the only pitch reference.<br> <br> Being a newbie then, after the demo and everyone left the room, I 'tested' the<br> temperament wanting to glean interval structure. Another tuner who was with<br> my smiled and shook his head incredulously saying, "How can he do that".<br> <br> Regards,<br> <br> <br> </font><br> <div>Jon Page,   piano technician</div> <div>Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass.</div> <div><a href="mailto:jonpage@mediaone.net" EUDORA=AUTOURL>mailto:jonpage@mediaone.net</a></div> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ </html>