Kent Swafford: Whoa there Pardner! Wait just a goll-durn minute! I had to admit that I could do more business with a car that my old horse. Then I even had to admit that I could keep track of my customers better with one of these new fangled computers instead of my shoe box full of 3 by 5 cards. Now you want me to admit that I could do a better job tuning with an Akee-Tooner! Just how much macho can a guy give up? Great article in the latest P.T.G. Journal! I too bought an S.A.T. two years ago. Now about the only time I don't use it is for marketing reasons (you know the customer who calls and says "You don't use one of those electronic whirly-gigs do you? I've got 'perfect pitch' and I can't stand that kind of tuning.") Unfortunately, some of us were pretty convincing in our denigration speeches back when the "Strobo-Conn" was the best visual tuning aid available. We probably should have said something like "electronic tuning aids are not good enough YET." Now our words are coming back to haunt us. I think the accuracy possible with the Sanderson has forced at least a grudging acceptance by the more progressive or our colleagues. I'm enjoying the dialog going on now about this. Thanks for your work in The Journal. I always enjoy the articles. Dave Porritt
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