New Tuner

[Dave Davis]

Hi Tim,

Thought I'd step in here.

  I strongly recommend that you consider a different
ETD.  Instead of "making it work", you can send it
back, buy a Pocket PC for about $300 and get a trial
version of TuneLab for a short.  It will be enough to
assist you as you learn your beginning aural tuning
skills.

  As you become proficient enough to do entry level
tuning, you will want to buy the professional version
of Tunelab, or the Reyburn Cyber Tuner software for
the Pocket PC, or consider the SAT or Verituner. They
all can give you good tuning results, and also have
pitchraise programs built in.  As a new technician,
many of the pianos you will see will need pitch
raises.  And as you gain experience and do dealer
work, many of the brand new pianos will need pitch
raises.  

  Joining a local Piano Technician's Guild Chapter
will also be a big benefit.  I took the Randy Potter
course three years ago, and although I learned a
bunch, there is no way I was ready to tune for the
general public until I had mentored with more than one
RPT in my local area.

  Working on your aural skills is very important.  I
relied on my ETD early on, and am still struggling to
tune well aurally. Your aural skills are necessary to
test the tuning provided by the ETD and make sure it
is the best for that particular piano.  

Good luck,

Dave Davis
Renton, WA

 --- trc3j@juno.com wrote:
> Thanks,
> 
> I too went for the peterson. It just came last week
> so I still have time
> to send it back. I have read the manual and 'played'
> with it some. I am
> going to try to use it later today to 'tune' and old
> piano that belongs
> to a friend. It was given to them by a church last
> summer. Don't remember
> the brand. I have worked on it once before by ear
> just mainly for
> practice. I could tell that it was well below my
> tuning fork so I just
> tried to make it sound as good as I could within
> that range. My friends
> are not to picky about the outcome. They couldn't
> afford to buy a piano
> so they were happy to have one given to them and
> they are happy if I can
> get it to sound better that it did. It was difficult
> to get it to hold
> but I did manage to make it sound better. The bass
> strings were really
> dirty and just sort of thud. I am told that it sound
> bad again as I
> expected it would. I want to do the best I can for
> them so any advise
> would be appreciated. I realize from reading the
> other posts on here that
> I am currently in way over my head and you 'old'
> guys can feel free to
> have a nice chuckle at my expense. However, I have
> to start somewhere,
> right?
> 
> Back to the Peterson. I think I can make it work for
> me but I am a little
> frustrated with it. Mainly by its size. I am not
> sure how to position it
> to get the best results. I think I will try it for a
> few tunings. The
> greater expense of a newer tech tuner is a little
> daunting right now.
> 
> Tim
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