I don't know WHAT my point was, to be honest. I just got rambling and jabbering after making another point ... I KNOW there are amazing, fast, solid, ear tuners out there. And I'm envious! Alan Salem, MO ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Ballard" <yardbird@vermontel.net> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Sunday, January 19, 2003 10:01 PM Subject: Re: Unisons by Machine? was Re: Aural vs. electronic again, was "Re: Another newbie question" > 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 > +++++++++++++++++++++ > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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