[pianotech] Ipad 2 for Piano Technician Business?

[David Renaud]

Hello

   Yes , 64 gig.

    In the big picture it is cheap........
    Anything used daily, that daily saves time and money is cheap.
My cell phone and data together use to regularly be over 100 per month,
Now it's 43 a month. That is 720 per year in savings. Over a 4 year? life
Of the device almost $3000 in savings over past expenses.......pays for the
Devise plus perhaps some software....perhaps verituner will get added to the kit.

     I do like Tunelab......but after seeing how master exam tunings follow stringing
Scale, and the magnitude and pattern of  variations from a smooth cure, I sure 
Am tempted by the concept of a machine that listens to all  partials,  fitting
each note's scaling and inharmonic  properties into calculations, instead of generating
An average curve from 5 sample notes, regardless of stringing scale.

     Tunelab is a wonderful tool. I've had it memorize many tweaked customized tunings 
For my regular concert instruments. I wish verituner had a trial version......would have tried it
Long ago. I suspect I would like it.

       One of the things I like about Tunelab is it speaks my language. The graph shows deviations in cents from a pure 6:3 or 4:2 curve and I've learned what my favorite graphs look 
Like. Another program uses stretch 3 or 4 or 5 etc., and that means nothing to me.....
Flatlining relative to a pure 6:3 curve with a little roll off in the lowest bass tells me something.

       I ramble........
       Love the technology, because it finally compliments the tuning, admin, maps, communication, In practical, meaningful, time saving ways in real time on the road.

                                     Cheers
                                      Dave Renaud


Sent from my iPad

On 2011-12-18, at 4:51 PM, John Ross <jrpiano at eastlink.ca> wrote:

> Hi Dave,
> Obviously you have 3G.
> Did you go for the 64 Gig as well?
> John Ross
> Windsor, Nova Scotia
> On 18-12-2011, at 5:12 PM, David Renaud wrote:
> 
>> I use an iPad.
>> 
>> Navfree Canada is a free GPS, works great.
>> 
>> Invoice to go, a $5 app, creates custom bills, numbers them, adds up my sales taxes, 
>> And produces reports. I email the bill to the client as I'm tuning the piano......they usually 
>> Have received it and have the check ready by the time I'm done tuning.
>> 
>> Line2 buys me a local phone number for $96 for the year. The application is voice over 
>> Internet, and cost nothing beyond purchasing the phone number for $96. Includes voice mail.
>> This gives me unlimited calling anywhere in north America for $8 per month.
>> 
>> Dropbox has the PDFs of all my fake books, and much other music.
>> As a musician it's very cool to have fifteen thousand lead sheets in your pocket.
>> 
>> The calendar is synced with all other computers I own through cyberspace, it's all 
>> With me, current in real time. I can load any estimate, bill, and search the last 5 years
>> Email and anytime from anywhere.
>> 
>> Tunelab works just fine on it. It's a nice size to look at.
>> 
>> It's replaced my business Internet, I get  5gig of g3 network for $35 a month, and my
>> Cell phone for an additional $8 per month......Saving lots of money.
>> 
>> It's a pretty good high definition video camera as well.
>> Taken video of some piano problems, and consulted with someone on
>> Site via skype........I could actually show them the problem.
>> 
>> In a recent guild meeting we took a line out to a multimedia projector, and conferenced
>> With a teacher 1200 miles away in real time, the teacher could see the class through 
>> The iPad, and we could see the teacher over the projector. Sound run out to a sound system.
>> 2 way question and answer in real time while he demonstrated tuning techniques,
>> 
>> Very cool device, enjoying it very much.
>> 
>> It's been a game changer for me.
>> It's the first time everything is literally in one place.......cell phone, email, Internet, files, music, 
>> Gps, billing, accounting, camera, video, tuning device.
>> 
>> 
>>                                           Cheers
>>                                           Dave Renaud
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Sent from my iPad
>> 
>> On 2011-12-18, at 1:13 PM, Joseph Rosenberg <rosenbergpiano at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> I am looking into getting an ipad 2 if I can really use it for my piano business.
>>> 
>>> I tune aurally and use a Sanderson IV at times, so the use would be more for customer lists, marketing, piano sales, technical references when working on pianos on site, etc.
>>> 
>>> Does anyone now use an ipad, and if so, can you share your thoughts about it?
>>> 
>>> Thanks.
>>> 
>>> Joe Rosenberg
>>> Long Island, NY
> 
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