SAT II and Al Sanderson

[Farrell]

OK. Fair enough. I stand corrected. Thank you for being gentle on me!

Terry Farrell
Piano Tuning & Service
Tampa, Florida
mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Story" <mark.story@mail.ewu.edu>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, February 26, 2001 5:21 PM
Subject: RE: SAT II and Al Sanderson


> Terry,
>
> While I wouldn't recommend it for everyone, some of us with electronic
> service experience like to do some of this maintenance ourselves (and for
> ourselves - not commercially). As long as we understand the risk, and the
> warranty issues, why not? I replaced my last battery pack because I didn't
> particularly like being charged $75.00 (plus labor) for a $12.00 battery
> pack. I also successfully replaced the screen on my Palm computer after I
> dropped and broke it.
>
> In any case, I don't think that Terry P. deserved the sarcasm for just
> asking for information. It's one of the great things about the Internet -
> that nonproprietary information like this can be shared, even among a
narrow
> community as ours. It's not like he was asking for the printed circuit
mask
> and firmware for the SAT III for free.
>
> Mark Story. RPT
> Eastern Washington University
> Cheney, Washington
>
>  -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-pianotech@ptg.org [mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org]  On Behalf
> Of Farrell
> Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2001 3:16 AM
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: Re: SAT II and Al Sanderson
>
> Hi Carol. That was written a bit "tongue in cheek" as they say. I have sat
> through Dr. Sanderson's classes at several conventions. Yes we certainly
do
> "owe so much to this man who has probably single-handedly contributed more
> to our profession and livelihood than has been properly acknowledged." And
I
> believe he was at Harvard rather than MIT (but I should probably put a "?"
> there too!). I hope I did not rock your boat too much.  :-)
>
> I wrote it that way, because I don't understand why people are hesitant to

> send their SAT to Inventronics for repair. They are VERY fast (likely
> shorter time than it takes you to figure out how to put yours back
> together), they almost always find one or two other things that can be
> improved/upgraded that you were not aware of. Your SAT seems to always
come
> back working better than new. Very often, when it has been a number of
years
> since the SAT sat on a bench at Inventronics, it could benefit from a
number
> of upgrades that the owner is not even aware of. They took my SAT I with
the
> "F" tuning program (#363) and turned it into a little "FAC" power puppy!
>
> OK, I feel better now.
>
> Terry Farrell
> Piano Tuning & Service
> Tampa, Florida
> mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Carol R. Beigel" <crbrpt@bellatlantic.net>
> To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2001 9:19 PM
> Subject: Re: SAT II and Al Sanderson
>
>
> > Terry wrote:
> > "I haven't done it myself, but I did send mine to a guy named Al
> Sanderson.
> > He has done others before. Not only did he change the capacitor, but he
> > totally upgraded my software. Trust me. He knows what he is doing. You
> might
> > want to consider it. He doesn't charge much either."
> >
> > Dr. Al Sanderson is the inventor of the Sight O Tuner and the Accutuner.
> We
> > in PTG have been blessed with his interest in piano tuning, as well as
his
> > membership in the guild,  as he was/is a professor of physics at MIT
(?).
> > It was he who pioneered the graphing of what a proper piano tuning
looked
> > like.  So many of us owe so much to this man who has probably
> > single-handedly contributed more to our profession and livelihood than
has
> > been properly acknowleged.
> >
> > Carol Beigel, RPT
> > Greenbelt, Maryland
> >
> >
> >
>
>