ETD (Excellent Tuning Devices)

[Don]

Hi Tom,

65% of homes have computers with interenet access in Canada. The number is
*higher* in the USA. Essentially any computer that can access the net is
fast enough to run tunelab Pro. It runs as shareware by pausing from time
to time during the tuning process. Recovery costs then would be limited to
the price of a tuning lever and some mutes.

Some of my clients have their computer in the same room as the piano
already. Some others already own laptops. 

I do agree that tuning is more than just watching the dots, or spinner, or
other vtd display.

I do try hard to educate my clients, but it is rare for me to encounter a
client who is truely able to evaluate a good tuning (aural or vtd
assisted). VTD's are here to stay. They will get better and they will
become cheaper. Of the persons who are actively tuning in Regina many
choose to use a vtd of some kind. That "breaks the ice" for our clientel. 

I believe that technological change will soon produce a keyboard that will
require a totally different skill set to repair than those piano
technicians have acquired. It will not only sound like a good piano but
will also feel like one. (although it will but rarely look like one). One
of the hotels in our fair city "fobs" off the public with such an
instrument (in adequate as far as feel/sound--but looks like a small grand
piano)

At 03:20 AM 04/19/2001, you wrote:
>  We (tuner/technicians) 
>will lose market share because individuals will begin to tune their own 
>instruments.

Regards,
Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T.

Tuner for the Saskatchewan Centre of the Arts

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