In a message dated 6/10/98 8:57:15 PM Central Daylight Time, DGPEAKE@aol.com writes: << As to examiners using the FAC, I did not know is was allowable. In my CTE experience, the only time I used the SAT for the master tune is to get the A pitch electronically, shut it off and tune aurally. Dave Peake, RPT >> This has come into practice. In the beginning ,not even the pitch was set electronically. Now the first tunings that are done to stabilize the piano are FAC's and the CTE in charge often uses the FAC to put on a tuning that is to be picked through note by note. It could still all be done by ear and in th end, the Master Tuning is still a completely aurally verified tuning. In essence, the SAT or RCT is used to "get it close", probably a little faster than if the job were done strictly by ear. When I had the job of reverifying the two pianos used for the Exams at the University of Wisconsin, I used the old Master Tuning, which had been done in 1981, as the tuning which had to be aurally verified by a new committee. After the new Master was complete,I ran the old one against it on the ExaminEE page. There were a few errors, but it passed as an Examiner trainee. ;-) Bill Bremmer RPT Madison, Wisconsin
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