At 12:39 PM 6/9/98 -0500, you wrote: >Hi all, and to whom, > >I don't seem to read anything at all in these discussions about the aspect >of tuning I rely on the most - minimum garbage. I see tuning as a sort of >aural sculpture where, through whatever process you use, you systematically >remove or disguise everything that doesn't sound like a tuning. Since no >piano is perfect, and these list discussions have dispelled all doubt that >no tuner is either, <snip> One removes nasties until what's left is what >the piano has to offer. We try to achieve 'less bad', <snip> Ron, I'm a 'seat of the pants' kind of tuner and I describe my approach much like some sculptor did once when asked, "How do you sculpt an elephant"? His reply was, "I cut away anything that doesn't look like an elephant". Jon Page Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. (jpage@capecod.net) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~`~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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