"Kevin E. Ramsey" wrote: > I agree with Newton, first you have to have the basic knowledge of how to > tune. You must be able to tune a pure unison so that it's pure at least at > the third harmonic. You must be able to tune a piano totally to a fork, (at > least well enough that you can demonstrate that you really do know what you > are doing.) Maybe then you can take up an EDT to make your life easier. Only > then will you know if the machine is giving you something that is correct > for the piano that you are tuning. > What gives "machine" tuners a bad name, is when someone who doesn't know > the above basics picks one up, and calls himself a "piano tuner". I > acknowledge that an amateur, if he's using an Accu-tuner or better EDT, can > make a piano sound OK. But he'll never really be able to make that same > instrument sing if he (or she) doesn't have a clue as to what they're doing. I find myself in near total aggreement with you Keith... I would like to clarify my position on the use of ETD as a teaching aid with respect to developing hammer technique. Grin... you guys know I am fairly skeptical to uncritical use of these devices.... right ???... I just think that developing a few exercizes that drill hammer technique alone could be a great asset in helping get to a point where the aural training becomes really constructive. But I would be the first to take every step to avoid letting the student rely on the ETD for more then very specific training exercises. -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. Bergen, Norway mailto:Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no
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