[CAUT] professor tuning variables

[David Love]

I agree with Ron here.  I think there is no question that without ETDs the
use and interest would be less.  While any of us could probably learn a few
UETs (as Ric mentioned) that wasn't really the point.  The point as I read
it was that the number of UETs that become available to anyone with the use
of ETDs is far beyond what anyone would be advised to spend their precious
time learning.  Dial into a Verituner and look at the number of UETs
available at the push of a button.  For my own customer base I have probably
a dozen or so individuals who like UETs and virtually all of them request
something different.  As infrequently as I do these it's simply not a good
use of time to learn and memorize something that is so easily accessible
with an ETD.  Moreover, it's not only the ability to learn a few that is at
issue.  The ability to learn the difference in how they sound is also
important and there are simply too many of them to reasonably sample a good
many of them by aural methods--at least that's not how I wish to spend my
time.  With an ETD I am able to take advantage of my frequent university
tunings to sample far more than I would otherwise be bothered to.  That
assists not only in making recommendations to those interested but also in
choosing the ones that I think are the more aesthetically pleasing to my
ear.  

David Love
www.davidlovepianos.com


-----Original Message-----
From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Ron
Nossaman
Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 1:53 PM
To: caut at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [CAUT] professor tuning variables (David Love) (David Love)



> I have no beef with you here, David, or with anyone else either, for 
> that matter. To each his own. It just seemed ironic to me that someone 
> who eschews ETDs and insists on tuning exclusively by ear should raise 
> this a question with this particular twist... To such, I say, extensive 
> us of WT's would save time and trouble...
> 
> Israel Stein

Ah, then it was aimed at me. That explains it.

I don't eschew ETDs. I use a registered and paid for copy of 
Tunelab in the shop on occasion. Nor do I insist on tuning 
exclusively by ear. I choose to, and couldn't care less how it 
rubs you in any case. The point was and is that without ETDs, 
historical temperaments would be much less often used, and not 
nearly as precisely defined in as great a number as is today 
the case. If that's twisted, so be it.

And please trim your posts.
Ron N