Jon, You are correct in saying that. That is one thing I have been saying all along. But I have had many musicians tell me the same thing-some find ETD tunings "sterile" opposed to a good aural one. It ultimately depends on the quality of the tuning and the instrument, IMO. Regards, Greg Torres Jon Page wrote: > No, WE do not decide. the customer decides. > > There are a few jazz musicians around here who prefer the ETD's > to aural tuning. Go figure. They like the really stretched trebles, I guess. > Jon Page > Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. (jpage@capecod.net) > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > At 07:12 PM 6/16/98 -0400, you wrote: > >Gregory Torres wrote: > >> I find personally that when comparing a machine tuning with an aural one I > >> found the aural more "sweet". Maybe the ETD tunings are "technically" more > >> accurate but I personally will tune aurally when faced with a nice > >> instrument and am not pressed for time. JMHO > > > >We should be able to measure the 'sweet' tuning, compare it to the 'dry' > >technically accurate one, and determine what it is that makes the > >'sweet' one better . . . . IF we can all agree it's better. If we > >agree, then that becomes the new model. > > > >Everything we do . . . . regulation, tuning, voicing . . . . . can be > >measured for the sake of comparison. > > > >Carl > > > > > >
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