To begin, let me mention that I use an ETD. I was an aural tuner for 27years before incorporating an electronic devise into my arsenal. This past Thursday, there was a bit of communication breakdown between a client and I, regarding what time we actually made the appointment for. Suffice it to say, that appointment wasn't kept. However, we did reschedule it for Sat morning. As I was ready to leave that morning, I reached for my IPAQ on it's cradle, and was horrified to note that the charge light was not on, meaning, well..it wasn't charged. So, what was I to do? Call the lady and explain that my tuning device wasn't charged, therefore I couldn't tune her piano? What, and really look like a fool then? No way; I just went and tuned it like I did back in the old days. So, there is some worth in knowing.. gary On 5/27/2012 6:22 AM, Al Guecia/Allied PianoCraft wrote: > ON the money! Well said. > > Al - > High Point, NC > > > > On May 26, 2012, at 1:39 PM, Paul McCloud wrote: > > Hi, All: > This discussion about whether to learn aural tuning techniques or not > reminds me of something my Guru said to me, "Machines are for experts. > Not for neophytes." > When learning any craft such as ours, starting from the basics gives > one a foundation to build upon. If you want to be an expert carpenter > or cabinetmaker, you learn to use the hand tools first. I went to > L.A. Trade Tech college when I was 19. We had to make our first > projects with only hand tools, no power. We had to learn to use > chisels and hand saws first before we were allowed to use the > machinery. This is how one learns to master the craft. If one wanted > to be a mathematician, does anyone think it's not necessary to learn > the times tables? Sadly, there are some schools that de-emphasize > learning times tables. We have computers and calculators after all. > Why learn spelling? This is also not taught properly, as one can see > in so many publications and online. We have spell checkers after all. > If you call yourself a writer, would you learn to spell? Hey, it's > not necessary now that we have spellcheckers. U no wat i meen? > My mother was an audiologist. She had earned her degree in Speech and > Hearing, and had her own business. Most of that business consisted of > fitting hearing aids. She would often complain that there were > hearing aid fitters that did only that, but didn't know anything about > hearing, or the anatomy, or anything of pathology. They were > competitors of my mother. But, if a doctor had a patient with a > hearing problem, he wasn't going to send them to a hearing aid fitter. > My mother would get that referral because she knew more and was an > expert in the field. > The argument over whether one needs to learn aural tuning will never > be resolved. But, if one wants to be an expert in any field, one has > to learn it from the beginning. If you don't learn the basics, you > can't call yourself an expert. If you don't care to be an expert, > that's up to you. But you'll never be known as one. > > My take. > Paul McCloud > San Diego > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20120527/b9760d13/attachment.htm>
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