Tuning Devices for learning (was Tuning Devices)

[Hazen Bannister]

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Barbara Richmond wrote:

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>From: "David Love" <davidlovepianos@earthlink.net>
>To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
>Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2004 1:10 PM
>Subject: RE: Tuning Devices for learning (was Tuning Devices)
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>>I think it depends on how you use the tool.  Even the most sophisticated
>>machines don't allow you to stop listening altogether--or they shouldn't.
>>There are still many things that must be confirmed by ear, degree of
>>stretch or style, smooth compromises of octaves and thirds in trouble
>>areas of the piano, etc..
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>Speaking of using one's ears, I had the experience of being hired as staff
>tech at a university and following a kindly gentleman who didn't know when
>to quit--he was losing his hearing.   There were a number of interesting
>things he did as he tried to compensate for his hearing loss, but I won't go
>into all that.
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>The wildest and one of the first things I encountered was my being told by
>the faculty that there was a note in the treble of one of the Ds on stage
>that wouldn't stay in tune.  The first time I tuned it, I couldn't even get
>the unison on that note to smooth out.  As soon as I looked at the wire I
>knew what the problem was.  A string had been replaced and I could actually
>*see* that the wrong size wire had been used!  In the size 15 area, size 13
>had been used.  Of course, I don't have the ability to look at music wire
>and tell what size it is, but I could see there were two different sizes.
>That told me that the ETD had been doing all the listening!
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>Barbara Richmond, RPT
>in from the garden
>somewhere near Peoria, IL
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Hi,
 If an etd had been used,the string probally would not have been 
broken.It's when people who can't  hear anymore, and are too stubborn to 
quit tuning,or get help in the higher registers with a machine, that 
this kinda thing happens.I've  known several aural tuners with this 
problem,that could have added good quality tuning years to their 
careers,instead of going out in a bad way.

Best,
Hazen Bannister

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