A/T ????

[PHIL SLOFFER, MA067 855-1244]

Howdy

I started playing with the aaaaaaku-tooner again this week and I
have a couple questions.

To begin I turn on the machine and if the pattern is stable I
touch the tune button.

I then hold the shift button down and page to the right page for
the piano I am tuning.  (Right now I just use what came with the
machine as I have not progressed far enough to have anything
stored of my own.)  I then press note up and note down and I am
ready to begin with note A 0.  So far so good.  Now lets say I am
doing a pitch change.  I set the machine to the note I want to
measure, A4 for example.  Then I hold down the MSR button while I
play the note, and when the pattern stops I roll over to the
SHIFT button and let go of the MSR button and then let go of the
SHIFT button.  At this point I get confused.  The note/octave
window says [-A 6].  Do I tune the A4 while the window says
[-A 6]??   Or do I use the OCT down button to get back to A4.
Suppose I touch the OCT down button.  The window now says [-A 3].
I touch the OCT up button and now the window says [-A 4].  Is
this where I would tune note A4????

As I under stand it, I only need to measure for pitch change
about once every octave or so, maybe more or less depending on
the condition of the piano.

My other question is how do I get back to regular tuning mode?
The only way I know of is to turn the machine off and begin all
over again.

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