Verituner first impressions

[Charles E Faulk]

Ditto here, Ron. I've been using my Verituner since about February, and
I've gotten to the point where I don't do nearly as many aural checks -
don't need to. I'm also very happy with the changes Dave made in the
Verituner since the Reno Conference. The pitch raise program goes very
fast now and quite accurately. Dave Carpenter has been very responsive to
suggestions from technicians; that counts a lot in my book.

Charles Faulk

On Wed, 08 Aug 2001 16:07:05 "Ron Koval" <drwoodwind@hotmail.com> writes:
> Hi all,
> 
> For the last few weeks, I've been using a Verituner instead of RCT.
> 
> I've noticed a BIG difference in how this tuner handles the 
> 'challenging' 
> pianos.  From about F4 and up, (in a side-by-side with RCT) the 
> tunings are 
> roughly the same.  As I went down into the break and below, the 
> Verituner 
> made smoother octaves.  I graphed (big surprise :), right?) the 
> tuning on 
> the school's Baldwin SF10, and looked at the curves from the 
> different 
> partials.  No single partial line was a smooth curve, that is the 
> big 
> difference.  I haven't taken the time yet to graph an itty bitty 
> piano to 
> see what's going on.
> 
> There are 3 default tuning stretches, but the real plus that I see 
> is the 
> ability to 'balance' different kind of octaves throughout the piano.
> 
> It is possible to split the difference between any kind of single 
> octave and 
> double or even triple octaves in making a calculation. In the coarse 
> tuning, 
> or pitch raise mode, the tuner is listening to all the partials and 
> constantly recalculating an optimum tuning.  This works out great 
> for me, 
> since I use a two-pass tuning on just about every piano.  In fine 
> tune mode, 
> all the target numbers for each partial are displayed, along with 
> the 
> spinner.  Using the coarse tuning calculation, each newly tuned note 
> is 
> locked and not recalculated for the duration of the final tuning.
> 
> I'm just getting started with this machine, if there is anything 
> you'd like 
> me to check, drop me a note.  I know there is a real time spectrum 
> analyzer, 
> and a beat rate comparison mode that I haven't even looked at yet.
> 
> I will say I am VERY impressed with this tuner.  The good pianos 
> sound great 
> and the smaller pianos are starting to be enjoyable to tune!
> 
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