Aural vs Electronic

[jpiesik@arinc.com]

Thank you, Jim, for your comments to Bob (Moffatt).  I have one
more:

Bob, my SAT scored an overall 98 percent in the recent PTG tuning
exam (of course, I had a little bit to do with it by setting the
strings to where the SAT told me to put them).  (I'll fax my test
scores to anyone who wants to see them.)  An overall 98 percent
electronic tuning score means that the SAT scored 98 percent of
what 3-4 master tuners thought was the best aural tuning for that
particular piano.

Bob, I think you may be missing the point regarding the foot
switch posts.  I have found these posts to be very useful to me,
and I plan to make some mods to my foot switch right away (thanks
everyone for the ideas!).

If you tune strictly aurally, good for you.  But that doesn't make
you any better of a tuner than me or everyone else who uses a
competent tuning TOOL.

The recent Journal has some excellent discussion on all of this
(and by the way, I think Steve Brady has created one of the best
issues yet with the recent issue of the PTG Journal).

Warmest Regards,

John Piesik, RPT
Piesik's Piano Service
Carlsbad, CA
JPIESIK@ARINC.COM


A novice is a novice whether he tunes by ear or uses equipment.
When are we going to stop the WAR? I've seen plenty of novices on
both sides of this war.  I've also seen plenty or experts on boths
sides.  Let's give it a rest.  OR would you care to take up my challenge
for a Tuneoff?  The next scheduled Tuneoff is at Orlando, Florida
at the Convention this summer. Virgil Smith and I will go at it again.
This time we will have 2 pianos apiece and plenty of expert judges.

Electronically Yours,
Jim Coleman, Sr.


On Thu, 16 Jan 1997, Dennis Schwendtner wrote:

> On Thu, 16 Jan 1997, robert moffatt piano service wrote:
>
> > >All you fellows with foot switches....throw the darn thing away, but save
> > >the wire.  Get a new switch such as the one Rayburn uses on the tuning
> > >lever.  Get a magnet about an inch square or so and epoxy it under the
> > >switch.   Now you can just plant the thing anywhere there is iron and use
> > >your finger instead of your foot.  Ive used one for a long time and it
> > >works great.
> > >Dick RPT
> > >
> > >
> >
> > All you people, all those devices....after following tuners using these
> > things(particularly in a concert situation), it's becoming clearer now as to
> > why a pianist says " it was just tuned yesterday but something isn't quite
> > right".
> >
> > A little too much attention to whats going on around the job at hand?
> >
> > Just my opinion! (;~)
> >
> > Aurally yours,
> >
> > Bob Moffatt
> > Calgary, Alberta
> > Canada
>