Accu-Tuner problems

[David Porritt]

I have read with interest the comments about difficult notes to read on
the SAT.  I have had the same problem from time to time.

Last week I was tuning in a piano professor's studio when half way
through the 1st piano my "lo bat" indicator came on.  I went down to my
shop and got the charger, pluged it in and resumed working.  When I
started to tune the second piano, I left the SAT on the first piano so it
would be close to the wall plug.  I got better readings on each note than
I ever had.  The SAT was 5 feet from the piano I was tuning.

Friday I was tuning a "D" and decided to try the distance thing again,
and I placed the SAT at the very tail of the piano.  It read very nicely
from there.  Maybe the internal volume of my unit is turned up to far and
certain notes overpower the circuitry and distort.?.?.?

The FAC, Midi, and exam options are nice features (I don't have the midi
or exam ones) but I think Kent is right, a new version with some of the
enhancements he mentioned would be really nice about now.  Are we spoiled
by new software revisions that hit the market about every 18 months?????????

Dave Porritt
SMU - Dallas