Accutuner

[Avery Todd]

Ted,

   I've had the problem Joe mentions here, too. I've discovered that just
by playing the note an octave higher will usually cause the SAT to go to
the note you're trying to tune. Quicker than using the buttons.

Avery

>Response is sometimes a problem in the bass on notes that have too wide a
>spectrum of overtones other than the one the machine is listening to.
>Plucking the string usually works but it is just as easy to reach up and
>advance the note for two or three notes that are necessary.

>Joe Goss
>
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>> From: Ted Simmons <ted@brevard.net>
>> To: pianotech@ptg.org
>> Subject: Accutuner
>> Date: Wednesday, July 14, 1999 7:28 PM
>>
>> I'm thinking about upgrading from a SAT II to a SAT III but I'm a little
>> leary about the automatic note stepper feature.  A friend of mine said it
>> can cause
>> confusion.  Can it be de-activated if I desired?  Is it really a problem?
>>
>> Ted Simmons
>> Merritt Island, FL

mailto:atodd@uh.edu                 I'd rather be over the hill
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Avery Todd, RPT
Moores School of Music
University of Houston
Houston, TX 77204-4201