[stevieboy]

I'm hardly an expert here though I play a little lap steel, but it seems to me that with the pedal steel you're playing an instrument with an infinitely variable bar, slantable too, with pedals and levers to boot. Isn't the ear of the player and it's coordination with the hand and legs going to be the determining factor in playing in tune? What's 15 cents here or there when the player can tweak his pitch on the fly at will?