ETD's accurate?

[Jon Page]

At 11:48 PM 9/17/2002 +0200, you wrote:
>I like Rons point better :)
>Tho Antares is my good buddy, and I respect him and his abilitities to the nth
>degree, I must say that tuning is a creative endeavour. And the day it 
>stops being
>one is the day you might as well be playing a Clavinova. No matter how 
>good the
>machine is, its not capable of creativity.
>
>Cheers
>RicB

Great, you regard tuning as a creative endeavor. I regard it as an arduous 
task.
After 25 years of tuning aurally I took André's recommendation and purchased
a VT100 last August.  As helpful a tool as my ShopSmith, Key Bushing Iron
and tuning hammer. The best tool purchased in a long time.

What an ETD will alleviate is the decibel level. Instead of repeatedly 
striking two keys,
you only repeatedly strike one key. Check the interval aurally...once.  Not 
to mention
the availability of other temperaments without the extensive learning curve 
of learning
a new bearing.

Creativity comes with knowing which temperament to offer the customer for 
their playing
repertoire.  So far, The Moore WT has been very popular, actually requested 
over ET. I can
now offer the next step back in time...

I say, an EDT is more creative, it offers a wider spectrum of tunings and 
with its assistance will
sharpen your own particular temperament/tuning...even if it is ET.

Believe it or not, an ETD will have the same affect as the screw gun had on 
turning screws.
Relieves the tedium and stress off body parts.

Regards,

Jon Page

>antares wrote:
> > OK, a simple answer to a complicated question :
> > I have used the Verituner now intensively for about 1.5 year.
> > This ETD 'gives' such a perfect tuning - every time - on all pianos, old,
> > new, beautiful, ugly, that I know that I never have to check whether it 
> lies
> > or not. I think the difficulty with ETD's, but also with tuning in 
> general, has to
> > do with tuning technique. If you don't know how to turn a tuning pin 
> properly than tuning with or
> > without ETD's is useless. I have learned to make a rock steady tuning, 
> my precious Verituner does the
> > rest.  For those who have never tried a Verituner : one tuning with 
> this VT and you no longer have any doubts, nor do your customers.