Hi Israel, That sounds great! I'll drop Bill an e-mail. I'm looking forward to hearing about his ETD. Thanks again Israel. I appreciate this. Marshall ----- Original Message ----- From: "Israel Stein " <custos3 at comcast.net> To: <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2006 3:48 PM Subject: Re:Tuning/sight impaired ETD > Marshall, > > Check with Bill Gerrey, who is a vision-impaired piano tuner in San > Francisco whose primary employment is with the Smith-Kettlewell Institute > where he designs and modifies tools and appliances for the > vision-impaired. He has been working on an ETD for the vision impaired for > at least 5 years now and I know for a fact that he has several working > prototypes. > > You can reach him at <bilge at ski.org> > > Israel Stein > > > > >>From: Tom Sivak <tvaktvak at sbcglobal.net> [ Save Address ] >>Subject: Re: Tuning/sight impaired ETD > >>Marshall, > >>I had dinner with David Carpenter a couple of years ago and he told me he >>was working on an adaptation for his Verituner for the sight impaired >>tuner. He had gotten a grant from the government, I believe, to work on >>this project. You might inquire with him about it. Perhaps there is a >>prototype or Beta version available. > >>Tom Sivak > >>>pianotune05 <pianotune05 at comcast.net> wrote: > > >> Hi David, > >> I tune by ear, and I'm a new guy on the block and holding my ground I > >> do add. ;) In fact, I tried using ear plugs while tuning and that > >> worked great. I'm sight impaired and I have trouble reading the > >> displays on these ETDs. The lights I can see fine. I think they have > >> their place IMHO, :) but for me it's easier to just hone the skill of > >> aural tuning. >>> Marshall
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