....."ETD generated tuning and refines it."

[Kent Swafford]

On Sunday, September 22, 2002, at 05:56 PM, Joseph Garrett wrote:

> When the exam committee is setting up a piano for the "master tuning", 
> the
> use of an ETD is not allowed. (period)
> The ETD is simply used to measure and record the results of the master
> tuning, which is done strickly by ear, by at least 3 tuners, with aural
> tuning skills. It is obvious that you have NEVER participated in 
> setting up
> an exam piano!

Hmmm... I helped train Bill as a CTE; Bill successfully completed his 
training, and experience in master tunings is required of all CTE 
trainees, so the evidence would suggest that Bill has participated in 
master tunings. ETDs are allowed in master tunings, so long as they are 
not the final arbiter of any tuning questions. The ear is the final 
arbiter in master tunings, but that is not the same thing as saying "no 
ETDs allowed".

Kent Swafford