Testing Statistics.. was Important Question

[John Ross]

Hi David,
I agree with you 100%.
I am one who did it the wrong way. I started with the ETD too early,
and never was able to pass the aural part of the exam.
I turn 65 this year, and have been tuning since 1975. I have made a
good living at it, and had no complaints from my customers. I have an
ongoing contract with a University. I know I will never have the
incentive to try the aural exam again.
Best regards,
John M. Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia.
jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Ilvedson" <ilvey@sbcglobal.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2002 3:42 PM
Subject: RE: Testing Statistics.. was Important Question


| 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
|
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