David Ilvedson wrote: > Ron, > > >>Is this not archaic? With a ETD you tune the note until the > >>lights/pattern stops and you have and absolute A440 or whatever pitch you > >>want in a few moments. Is this ETD tuned note any less of a tuned > >>note? I got to feel there's a lot of ego involved in tuning aurally with > >>a tuning fork...that and masochism... > >> > >>David I. Or maybe its just that in the end music is more a matter in the spirit of the following quote: "But, being still of opinion, in spite of all I have read and heard, that mathematical speculations cannot be of any practical use in directing the tuning-hammer (a mere mechanical operation, guided by the ear, as the brush of the painter is by the eye)" James Broadwood 1811 And less a matter of exacting frequencies. Even you say that you must use the Ear in conjunction with the ETD to in the end arrive at the best result. Archaic ? perhaps... tho the negative conotation causes me just a bit of an not fully acceptant itch. Music, (and tuning is music, not a side to music) is creative. ETD's can help in that creative endeavour, but they just as easily (if not more) be used to kill it. CONRAD !!!... grin. -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. UiB, Bergen, Norway mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html
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