EBVT compared with FAC Prg for same`

[Farrell]

Yup. Where do I find them? Owen Jorgensen's book? Is there a smaller,
friendlier source?

Terry Farrell
Piano Tuning & Service
Tampa, Florida
mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kent Swafford" <kswafford@earthlink.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2000 5:26 PM
Subject: Re: EBVT compared with FAC Prg for same`


> on 10/30/00 8:59 AM, Farrell at mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com wrote:
>
> > You make a very good point regarding the need to go beyond plugging in
FAC
> > numbers, using offsets and expecting a great Valotti (or whatenver HT)
> > tuning on the piano. Such use of the SAT (or any other VTD) is nothing
more
> > than a machine tuning (even if only used for ET) that might be OK
(perhaps
> > on a well-scaled piano) or more likely be off ranging from a bit to
LOTS!
> >
> > I have only tuned a few pianos with the Valotti, Young and Meantone HTs.
In
> > the absense of any suitable aural checks for these tunings - and lack of
> > knowlegde of how to tune them aurally - what I did was to work out an ET
> > tuning (with appropriate aural checks) that I was happy with
(essentially an
> > aurally modified FAC tuning - as are all my tunings) and record this in
the
> > SAT (there are a variety of methods to save the tuning). After I am
happy
> > with the ET, I enter the HT offsets to that tuning and proceed to
"machine"
> > tune the piano with the SAT. Actually, most of the pianos I have tried
HTs
> > on are pianos that I had tuned previously and have an established ET
tuning
> > for them.
> >
> > I'm no expert (just getting into the adequate range) ET tuner. Only
> > experimenting with HTs. Is mine a logical approach that is likely to
yield
> > good results?
> >
> > Terry Farrell
>
> The answer to your question, I think, is yes; making careful offsets from
a
> ET tuning that has already been established for a particular piano is
likely
> to yield good results. This is surely a great way to get your feet wet.
>
> But -- by using offsets you are still dependent upon someone else's
efforts;
> someone else derived those offsets. Look around and you will see different
> offsets purporting to be the same HT. This should raise red flags, IMO.
>
> We wouldn't (I hope) go out and tune ET without some aural beat rate
checks
> to prove our work. Why should it be any different for HT's? The complete
> tuner will have studied the instructions for tuning the HT's aurally and
(at
> least) run through them to prove his work on electronically-tuned HT's.
No?
>
> Kent
>
>