Brian, The stroboscopic display of the tuning device makes it much more precise in terms of reading than any other common type of small electronic tuners (Korg's, etc.). However, the problem when we deal with pianos is that there is a stretch curve caused by the inharmonicity, added to the fact that this stretch curve is more likely to be very different from one piano to another. In that respect, the ETD's that could generate a stretching curve automatically, and that could store those in memory, are much far ahead in terms of speed and overall accuracy than a simple visual tuning device (Of course, I am talking here about the accuracy of the kind of tuning that is demanded by a particular piano and not the accuracy of the device itself). My opinion is that if you intend to tune pianos AURALLY and want a very precise and handy tuning fork, Precision Strobe might be then a very interesting alternative. If you want to tune VISUALLY though, you may want to consider spending more dollars for purchasing a real piano tuning device. BTW, one of those is the SAT II and I have one for sale... Regards, Michel Lachance, RPT > >They have a website www.izzy.net/~jc/home.html > -----Original Message----- > From: John Ross <piano.tech@ns.sympatico.ca> > To: pianotech@ptg.org <pianotech@ptg.org> > Date: Thursday, 28 October 1999 14:51 > Subject: Re: Precision Strobe Tuners > > > Hi Brian, > Where does one get the specs. for this item? > John Ross > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Brian Holden > To: Pianotech Forum > Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 1999 9:50 PM > Subject: Precision Strobe Tuners > > > Can anyone comment on the Precision Strobe Tuner? The price looks >right, but are they any good? > > Brian bholden@wave.co.nz ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
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