[pianotech] Old can of worms (was Re: tunelab vs verituner)

[David Love]

Let me redefine stressful then.  Tuning aurally is simply more work, it
takes more steps to accomplish the same goal.  When it comes to pitch
corrections, it generally requires at least one additional full pass when
compared to the offerings of at least one ETD out there.  For a single
tuning that may not be that much difference but it is a difference.  When
you multiply that by several tunings in a day, it's a lot more work, more
listening work, more physical work.  That's not a false premise, it's a
simple fact.  I call that more stress but if it's easier to view that as
simply more work, that works for me.  

David Love
www.davidlovepianos.com


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From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Ron Nossaman
Sent: Friday, May 11, 2012 4:52 AM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Old can of worms (was Re: tunelab vs verituner)

On 5/11/2012 12:24 AM, David Love wrote:

> Sure I enjoy tuning.  But I enjoy it more when it's efficient,
> accurate with the least stress and achieves consistent results.  With
> respect to customer perceptions, the proof of the pudding is in the
> tasting.  I don't believe they want you around for two hours if you
> can achieve the same result in one.  They have lives to lead too.

Somehow, the presumption among ETD users is that aural tuning is 
stressful, yet aural tuners don't complain about stress and wish they 
had an ETD. Maybe it's just the aural tuners who do find it stressful 
who adopt ETDs as a result. A few ETD users I know went back to aural 
because they found it more satisfying. Doesn't matter at all either way, 
but I think the fewer false premises that are repeated and pounded as 
truths, the better.