In a message dated 12/12/00 8:11:54 PM Central Standard Time, DGPEAKE@AOL.COM writes: << 2. Your ETD battery goes dead and will not charge up. This has happened to me on the first tuning on Monday morning of a very busy week. Should I say "Sorry, Mrs. Jones, I cannot tune your piano today, because my ETD is not working." Or, to send my SAT in for a new battery and takes a week to get back, which I did. I would have lost a whole weeks worth of work had I not had my aural skills. I hope that the tuning tests never lose the aural part. ETD's are excellent sources and in many cases, a good quality piano can be tuned properly using the ETD alone. But because of the above reasons, I will never support the aural section of a tuning exam be eliminated. Dave Peake, RPT >> Not relating this to the tuning exam per se, but if you rely on an ETD, then a tuner should be very sure that the instrument is working properly, and juiced up all the time. If the instrument has to go to a shop for repairs, preparations should be made to obtain a replacement. If by chance, a machine does break down, a new appointment can be set up. Unless it is a concert situation, a customer can wait a couple of days for the piano to be tuned. If it is a concert situation, then it would be the tuner's responsibility to find another machine, or find someone who has a machine. It is called being prepared. The ETD is part of your tool kit. A competent tuner/tecyhnicaisn should make sure all his/her tools are working properly, all the time. Willem
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