At 08:23 PM 12/5/95 -0700, you wrote: >Daryl, > >I used a PT-100 for several years before I got my SAT-II. While the Yamaha >is a nice little piece of equipment, it doesn't begin to compare with the >SAT's memory capability. Once you get used to storing and recalling a >tuning, whether developed mathematically or aurally, you'll wonder how you >limped by with any other method of using a machine. The one thing that I >would like to see developed is a program and peripheral to use on a laptop >computer (if the battery would last through a typical day of tuning). Who >knows, maybe Dr. Sanderson is developing the Virtual Tuning Device as we >speak. > >BTW, I might want to get rid of my old PT-100 if someone is interested. > >Allan Gilreath >Gilreath Piano & Organ Co. >Berry College >Gilreath@aol.com > > Allan, How old is your PT-100 and what price would you be asking for it? I don't think that I am interested in a unit that can memorize a complete tuning. Isn't it easier to just get the pitch and possibly the temperament octave tuned with a digital tuning tool and tune the remainder of the piano by ear? Why save a tuning in a computer? Doesn't this take a lot longer to get through a tuning if you are constantly fiddling with the tuner to get the next pitch for the next key on the piano? Unless someone can show me better, I still feel that the best tuning is done aurally. I use a digital tuning tool to find the current pitch of the piano and then tune the temperament octave using the tuner only as an aid and not as an absolute. Daryl Matthies Mathis Piano Service West Bend, WI pianotec@hscinc.com
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