Kent Swafford/....ETD generated tuning and refines it."

Joe And Penny Goss imatunr@srvinet.com
Wed, 25 Sep 2002 14:11:56 -0600


Hi Terry,
The Verituner has a new design of the bass stand that makes it very
unlikely that
" oh sh%& " ever be uttered. I am not sure if the new design would fit the
old models but you can make the adaption like I did in just a few minutes.
just let me know if you want the sorrid details.
Joe Goss
imatunr@srvinet.com
www.mothergoosetools.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Farrell" <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 1:49 PM
Subject: Re: Kent Swafford/....ETD generated tuning and refines it."


> "....I still havent heard a Verituner in action...."
>
> They don't make much noise - except when you drop them, then there is a
distinct thud, followed closely by "oh, sh%&!" and then after a minute or
two "oh, cool, it still works."
>
> Or at least that is what the manual says.  ;-)
>
> Terry Farrell
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Richard Brekne" <Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no>
> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 2:25 PM
> Subject: Re: Kent Swafford/....ETD generated tuning and refines it."
>
>
> > Well NOW you're talking Turkey !!... :) Of course I can aggree with you
as you put
> > things here. Course I still havent heard a Verituner in action, but I
have no doubt
> > of your ears being able to constertate that it does the job as well as
you state.
> >
> > That leaves the more philological disscussion pertaining to the
contiguous validity
> > of aural participation in the tuning process over time, as the ears
become less and
> > less the primary instrument of validification. We may end up not able to
discern a
> > good tuning from a bad one. :)
> >
> > But thats for the next generation of tuners to hack out.
> >
> > Cheers !
> >
> > RicB
> >
> > antares wrote:
> >
> > > And I totally agree with you Richard, and it is very hard to describe
these
> > > things in words.
> > >
> > > However, aside from a little stretch, a little more stretch or no
stretch,
> > > the 'average' VT tuning is just stunning every time all the time.
> > > Hence my continuing positive remarks. If we (generally speaking) can
agree
> > > on the fact that a 'most beautiful' ET tuning, a tuning that would
certainly
> > > qualify for any tuning exam with flying marks, can be made every time
and on
> > > any instrument (because it adjusts itself to every piano entity) than
I say
> > > that this ETD is 100 % reliable. The more so because it has proven
itself
> > > day after day and month after month and every time the result is
bingo.
> > >  'Most' tuners, after having tuned just one time with the VT, agree
> > > immediately and are in awe, just like me, and this is my personal
opinion,
> > > and also 100 %.
> > >
> > > I am not a 'hero' with technical terms, I am just an everyday
> > > tuner/technician and base my tuners opinion on my musicality and my
> > > experience.
> > >
> > > friendly greetings
> > > from
> > >
> > > Antares,
> > >
> > > Amsterdam, Holland
> > >
> > > "
> >
> > --
> > 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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