Verituner

[larudee@pacbell.net]

Terry & David,

There is, in fact, a "recalculate" command which can be used at any time.  VT
obviously doesn't alter the calculated pitch of notes already tuned during the
course of a tuning, even though the additional data that it accumulates could
potentially improve those notes.  The improvement happens when you do a followup
tuning or, alternatively, whenever you hit "recalculate."

Paul Larudee

Farrell wrote:

> Because, as I understand it, if you do a one-pass tuning the VT only sees
> each note once, and, for example, the calculated pitch of notes near the
> temperament (the first notes tuned) do not take into account the
> inharmonicity of strings in the upper and lower registers.
>
> If you save that tuning, the VT also saves (effectively at least) all the
> inharmonicity information for all 88 notes. If you recall this info and
> start tuning that same piano six months later, the VT already knows the
> inharmonicity of all 88 notes. Therefore the first calculation for the first
> string you tune will be better than the first time because it will be making
> compromises regarding how 3rds, 5ths, 4ths, 6ths,10ths, octaves, double
> octaves, etc. are going to blend in with those first notes. I would assume
> that the second time around, the temperament would be slightly different
> that the first time through.
>
> As I understand it, each successive time you go through the piano with the
> VT, it will refine the calculated tuning.
>
> Terry Farrell
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Love" <davidlovepianos@earthlink.net>
> To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2002 3:44 PM
> Subject: Re: Verituner
>
> > What would be the point of saving a tuning?  If the VT measures as you go,
> > why bother?
> >
> > David Love
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Farrell" <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com>
> > To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> > Sent: January 20, 2002 12:48 PM
> > Subject: Re: Verituner
> >
> >
> > > Hi Paul (or anyone familiar with the Verituner). How many tunings can
> the
> > > Verituner store? Assuming it is less than 1,000 or so, can you download
> a
> > > saved tuning to your computer easily? If so, then I trust six months
> later
> > > when you back to tune the same piano, you can upload that saved tuning
> > from
> > > your computer to the Verituner, and go tune that same piano and get a
> > nicely
> > > refined tuning (as though you did two passes that day) on the first
> pass?
> > >
> > > What is it that is so whacko about the pitch raise feature on the
> > Verituner?
> > > What is it like? The SAT III pitch raise feature is actually a very
> simple
> > > thing, but it works pretty good (I have heard that RTC pitch raise works
> > > very well). It's hard to imagine how it could be more primitive than the
> > > SAT.
> > >
> > > Terry Farrell
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: <larudee@pacbell.net>
> > > To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> > > Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2002 2:42 PM
> > > Subject: Re: Verituner
> > >
> > >
> > > > I confess I was expecting something quite different from Keith.  I
> also
> > > had a VT
> > > > that I returned within the trial period, but reluctantly and for very
> > > different
> > > > reasons.
> > > >
> > > SNIP
> > > >
> > > > Paul Larudee
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >