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take it on the chin this afternoon I guess.</DIV><DIV><BR =
class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Swing away if you like, but =
Ed is still correct.</DIV><DIV><BR =
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class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Kent</DIV><DIV><BR =
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class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On Jan 8, 2006, at =
2:29 PM, David Andersen wrote:</DIV><BR =
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style="font-size:12.0px">Marshall-<BR> <BR> If someone taught you =
to check A4 with F3, they don't know how to tune a piano.<BR> Do you =
know the overtone series? (Also called partial series)<BR> Do you know =
what coincident partials are?<BR> These are the first things you need to =
know. If you know them, you can figure out almost every problem of =
tuning for yourself. If you don't know them, you won't really =
understand the answers, even if someone gives you the right answer.<BR> =
1) You need to be able to play an overtone (partial) series on any note, =
up to the 8th partial.<BR> 2) You need to be able to find the "least =
coincident partials" between any two notes, and especially between =
thirds, fourths and fifths.<BR> You need to stop everything and learn =
these two skills. It may take a few days to learn them. Eveything =
will begin to make sense when you have these skills.<BR> <BR> =
Sincerely,<BR> Ed Sutton<BR> </SPAN></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><FONT =
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With all due respect, Ed, making these kinds of statements is =
ill-considered; very judgemental and dogmatic. There are many, many =
ways to get to be a proficient piano tuner. Perhaps Marshall has a =
natural affinity for listening to the whole tone, as artists hear the =
piano. Maybe following that affinity, and trusting it, will take him =
to the place he wants to go. Who are you to tell him he’s wrong, or =
that his mentor is wrong? Is this the way we welcome new people into =
our little world? Marshall obviously has a big passion for this, and is =
trying to find his way. We need to be supportive. I’ve never done a =
tuning with an ETD, and I’ve never consciously “partial-matched” =
during any of the 25,000 tunings I’ve done. I’ve got a pretty =
good practice, and I can tune as well as almost anyone in the world.<BR> =
<BR> Different strokes for different folks.......please.<BR> <BR> David =
Andersen<BR> Malibu, CA</SPAN></FONT> =
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