In the early 80's I heard a roomful of techs break out in laughter when Dr. Al mentioned that the SAT was going to cost $1000. We apparently got over the sticker shock... Kent On Mar 4, 2009, at 6:29 PM, Al Guecia/AlliedPianoCraft wrote: > Kent, > > After reading your review, I thought I would give it a try. WOW > hefty price for a no bells and whistles ETD. > > Al > > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Kent Swafford" <kswafford at gmail.com> > Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 7:16 PM > To: <pianotech at ptg.org> > Subject: Re: [pianotech] The Tunic OnlyPure Tuner > >> You ask the right questions. So far, I haven't heard much good >> speculation about what might be under the hood of PureTuner. >> >> A few have suggested some things for me to look at in order to >> learn a bit about how the ETD really works. >> >> And I have few of my own ideas for research I could do when I have >> the time. >> >> But I'm really looking forward to the time when there are more >> users of PureTuner, experienced in what it can do, and comparing >> notes with all the other users. >> >> Meanwhile, I'm finding I am enjoying a good mystery... >> >> >> Kent >> >> >> >> On Mar 4, 2009, at 5:56 PM, David B. Stang wrote: >> >>> >>> I read Kent Swafford's article in the March Journal about the >>> "Tunic OnlyPure" ETD with great interest. Kent said inventor "has >>> stated his intention to withhold most explanations of how all >>> this works", and their web site says very little other than what >>> the article said. >>> Kent writes that the inventor claims it "deals with inharmonicity >>> in a new way that is automatic". >>> It seems magical to me that any device could just start tuning >>> a note without having previously recorded data about the >>> inharmonicity >>> of other notes. How does it "know" where to place a treble pitch, >>> without inharmonicity data from lower strings? >>> Kent said it did a great job, but it can't really be magic, so, I'm >>> just wondering if anyone has any general speculation about >>> how it works. (Gosh, I was just beginning to think I had >>> some idea of how regular ETD's work, now this comes along!) >>> Thanks >>> >>> David B. Stang >>> Columbus Ohio >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >
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