I find trained aural tuners have little trouble with the PTG tuning test (obviously not always). Tuners who started out with ETDs and tune with them strictly had a harder time with the test. I have always recommended that beginning tuners learn to tune with a tuning fork and their ears. Pass the PTG test at RPT level and then buy a good ETD to enhance their skills. I'm sure someone using an ETD to learn aural tuning could excel in that endeavor but I think the lure of $ making with the box draws them away from perfecting the aural craft... My Opinion David I. ----- Original message ----------------------------------------> From: Richard Brekne <Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no> To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org> Received: Sun, 22 Sep 2002 20:26:31 +0200 Subject: Testing Statistics.. was Important Question >Don wrote: >> Hi Richard, >> >> And what are the those? >> >Those would be the ones that show how many folks pass or fail and how bad they >do either compared to whether they are ETD total dependants or have ear >training. >And Don, you know already all about these statistics, how formalized they are, >how much validity they have etc etc, what would be the likely results of a >highly formalisation of these. Much like your own views of your own "research" >into the effects of Damp Chasers wouldnt you say ??? :) >-- >Richard Brekne >RPT, N.P.T.F. >UiB, Bergen, Norway >mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no >http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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