I think it's more of an overall feeling of the piano sound that people hear. Only by playing a piece I am very familiar with can I tell the difference. A fifth that beats too fast stands out if you're used to it being smooth. Otherwise I have to analyze the music to determine if that was the way the composer intended that combination of notes to sound. I find people know what they are used to, not what it should be like. I know I'm not the best tuner, but I find that when I like the tuning, the customer loves it. If I love the tuning the customer is overjoyed. Academic? Maybe I'm not as sloppy as I think. Maybe some people think HT is just a sloppy ET.......JUST KIDDING! No more fireworks please. So far I haven't found many customers who know the difference. I just try to deliver a consistent product that only I know how much refinement needs to be done to it. Every time I go round the circle it gets better. I hope one of these days a customer asks me to tune a HT. Till then I just concentrate on getting the octave spread right and leave the equal spacing to the accutuner. I do think it's faster to check for mistakes aurally. Activate the shields Scotty. Keith R > Ric writes: > > If indeed there exists a substantial number of people who can't > > hear the difference, I as a piano tuner am willing and able to > > satisfy their desires and tune for them a very good ET. > > Hmm, this brings up a question. If these substantial numbers of people > can't hear the difference between a well-temperament and ET, then, for this > substantial number, the difference between a sloppy ET and a "very good" one > is purely academic, no? > Regards, > Ed Foote >
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