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<font size=3>At 07:01 PM 12/11/2000 -0500, you wrote:<br>
</font><blockquote type=cite cite><font face="arial" 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 </blockquote><br>
When I started about 30 years ago, electronic tuners were the black sheep
of the piano technician community.<br>
Now ETD's are well accepted and almost requisite by some.<br>
<br>
What_is_this world coming to...<br>
<br>
Cheer up,<br>
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<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>
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