Well, in roughing in a first pass I suppose it doesn't take any longer if you are not listening to checks. When I was tuning aurally it definitely took me longer and the additional time, I am sure, was in setting the temperament, listening to various intervals to check my other intervals, checking octaves and third progressions, sixth progressions, double octaves, 17ths, all the various things I would make a point of listening too as I went along. When using an ETD, the temperament is simply tuned chromatically. As I proceed up or down the keyboard from the temperament octave I will listen quickly to the octave to make sure it is not too wide (rarely does it seem to be to narrow), and proceed. Unless you go into a trance looking at the dial, I'm not sure how it couldn't be faster. David Love ----- Original Message ----- From: "Susan Kline" <sckline@attbi.com> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: January 19, 2003 7:10 PM Subject: Re: Aural vs. electronic again, was "Re: Another newbie question" At 07:00 PM 1/19/2003 -0800, you wrote: >The speed is in not having to listen all the checks. > >David Love Ah, so the slowness is perceived to be in setting the temperament? Or do people use a lot of octave tests which I usually dispense with, especially when roughing in a first pass? I haven't timed myself, but an aural temperament good enough for a rough pass probably takes me about five minutes. I probably spend longer on the later one. Susan _______________________________________________ pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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