Dale, I think you missed the point of this thread, probably in part due to the digression David I. and myself got into, maybe not though. Gina raised a to my mind of thinking rather interesting er... philosophical point about the matter. And it boils down to the idea that tuning is in the end a concious effort in which our knowledge and intellect are the real determinants. We use an ETD to get us close, maybe even right on, but its the ear that ends up judgeing. She asked the question, how can we tune, except aurally ? I raised the posibility of a deaf person (a tuner who had at some point lost his hearing) who having had previous years of experience with ETDs and an extremely well developed understanding of tuning theory could possibly manage it. Much in the sense as Bethoven and his 9th. There at some point in some of our lives begins to develop a kind of "inner ear" if you get my meaning. It is our intellect and knowledge of what we are doing that defines "tuning". No one on this last thread (by my reading of the posts anyways) discounted the use of ETD's in any sense. By all means use them, especially use them to make more concious the process of tuning in your mind. Ward & Probst wrote: > Dear List, > > On my way to Texas State Association Seminar but I have thought about this > thread for a while now. It has appeared on the list under several subject > headings over the years. ...snip snip > As I said on the list when the subject came up before, you can have my ETD > when you pry my cold dead fingers off of it. Your mileage may vary. -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. Bergen, Norway
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