RCT/AURAL vs "Guitar Tooner" was Rossler

[Joe And Penny Goss]

Hey Fred,  give us a clue to what you are using ETD auralee? Check her Korg
readings against your $1500.00 ETD, or aural results with checks against the
Korg <G>
Joe Goss
imatunr@srvinet.com
www.mothergoosetools.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Fred Brown RPT" <fbrown3@mindspring.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 5:42 AM
Subject: RCT/AURAL vs "Guitar Tooner" was Rossler


> Hello,
> I have been 'lurking' on this list for several years reading it as a
> digest
> and rarely posting.
> I have a customer who has checked my tuning with a Korg something or
> other
> guitar tuner and has said that my
> tuning is both sharp and uneven(eg A49 is sharp while C#41 is spot on).
> She
> apparently has been tuning her own
> piano with the help of this machine for many years and I suspect that
> her
> ear has become accustomed to something
> other than an equal temperament. I had tuned the piano 1 month before
> and
> upon returning it was at A440 and only
> really needed to have unisons touched up (like something you would do
> during intermission at a concert). I did a
> full tuning however leveling some strings during my visit so I know it
> was
> both correct and extremely stable. Can
> anyone speak to the shortcomings of these "needle" type tuners? I know
> for
> one that you can't control what
> octave/partial they listen to but why wouldn't my tuning at least appear
> to
> be smooth to it...either the same sharp
> or flat as you measure the temperament octave?
> thank you
> Fred Brown RPT
> Atlanta, GA
>
>
>
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