At 8:55 PM -0600 1/19/03, <tune4u@earthlink.net> wrote:
>The fastest tuner I ever saw--about 40 minutes on a Yamaha Studio in good
>condition, with me jabbering at him the whole time--was strictly aural (C
>fork, 4ths & 5ths Braid-White F-F temperament, no felt strips, did unisons
>as he went using only one slit-rubber trebble mute).
>
>His tuning sounded good when he left (he's tuned at our church for many
>years) but I don't think his tuning holds up too well (I am the pianist).
>Wish he'd take 5 more minutes and set his pins and strings a little better.
>
>He was amazingly fast--looked like he was suffering the palsey as he work
>each pin.
So what's the point here, Alan. fast, by itself is pointless. We'd
like to hear about fast, accurate and solid. Aural only, that is.
Bill Ballard RPT
NH Chapter, P.T.G.
"Out here on the food chain, you either
diet,die, or dine"
...........folksinger Mark Graham
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