[CAUT] Corigliano

[Porritt, David]

I'm just saying get the starting A (or C if that's what is familiar) and go ahead and tune it by ear but with an accurate starting point.  Take the normal A set it to -50 cents, tune, and turn it off.  Or have it give an audible tone at 427.47 and tune as you always do.  I'd not want to guess at the starting pitch for an event like that.  

dp

David M. Porritt, RPT
dporritt at smu.edu



-----Original Message-----
From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Ron Nossaman
Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2010 4:00 PM
To: caut at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [CAUT] Corigliano

Porritt, David wrote:
>Has our ego 
> about never-using-an-ETD gotten that out of control?  If you don't have 
> an ETD, borrow one. 

I wouldn't call it ego, but rather an unfamiliarity with the 
device. I registered Tunelab97 way back when, to use for chip 
tuning and casual physics prospecting in the shop. Since I use 
it so seldom, it takes me a looong time to go over a piano 
with it. For a seasoned and habitual ETD user, it's nothing 
special, but if I was in Zeno's position I'd not much like 
having to put in the time to become comfortable with it for 
one concert, or just wing it one-off.

Yea yea, I know - a *REAL* professional should be able to 
seamlessly accommodate any random demand no matter how aberrant.
Ron N