<html xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" = xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" = xmlns:st1="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" = xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <meta name=ProgId content=Word.Document> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 9"> <meta name=Originator content="Microsoft Word 9"> <link rel=File-List href="cid:filelist.xml@01C3A1EA.2820E710">  <style>  </style> <o:SmartTagType = namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" = name="PlaceType"/><o:SmartTagType = namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" = name="PlaceName"/><o:SmartTagType = namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" = name="place"/> </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple = style='tab-interval:.5in'> <div class=Section1> Dave-<o:p></o:p> <![if = !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p>= I’ve used SATs (I, II and III) since 1987, = and am a 1-year user of CyberTuner on Pocket PC here at CCM.  But last winter I bought a Verituner, and continue = to be amazed at how integrated the octaves are.  If the goal is a really smooth, controllable tuning, I think the = VT is the best product I’ve tried.  It has a short but steep initial learning curve, and is not = lightweight.  One battery charge will = certainly get me through a day’s tuning.<o:p></o:p> <![if = !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p>= The CyberTuner is much more visually interesting, = and the pitch raise mode gives good results for 1-pass tunings of pianos = I’ve previously tuned.  = Running on a Pocket PC, I can usually get 2 tunings before the battery warning comes on.  You need some sort = of battery extender pack to make it viable in the field.  And a Pocket PC is definitely geared for a young = person’s eyesight (I need my reading = glasses).<o:p></o:p> <![if = !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p>= The SATs are extremely durable, and with 2-4 weeks = between battery charges, win that contest hands-down.  They are very reliable, and probably the best = instrument for measuring and research.  = But they construct a tuning from 2 partials each of 3 notes; the CyberTuner uses multiple partials from 5 or 6 notes, automatically recorded, but then = tunes following only one set of partials at a time; the Verituner = automatically uses multiple partials from every note in the first 7 octaves in = constructing the tuning and also the readout is amalgamating several of the partials of = the note as it is being tuned.  A = graph of a Verituner tuning is not smooth, but the aural result sure = is.<o:p></o:p> <![if = !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p>= My 1200 cents (x 7+1/3) = worth.<o:p></o:p> <![if = !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p>= <![if = !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p>= Lawrence Becker, = RPT<o:p></o:p> College-Conservatory of = Music<o:p></o:p> University of = Cincinnati<o:p></o:p> <![if = !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p>= <![if = !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p>= -----Original Message----- From: Dave Forman [mailto:dforman@rider.edu] Sent: Saturday, November = 01, 2003 11:59 AM To: caut@ptg.org Subject: = ETD's <![if = !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p> Caut,</f= ont><o:p></o:p> I’m considering buying a new tuner, and I’m looking for advice. = I’m looking at the SAT, Cybertuner, and Verituner. What are your experiences with these, = which do you prefer, and why. I‘ve used an SAT I for 12 years, and = I’m wondering if the newer devices do give a better tuning.<o:p></o:p>  </= font><o:p></o:p> Dave Forman<o:p></o:= p> <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Westminster</st1:PlaceName> = <st1:PlaceName>Choir</st1:PlaceName> = <st1:PlaceType>College</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> of <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Rider</st1:PlaceName> = <st1:PlaceType>University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place><font= size=2 color=black face=Arial><o:p></o:p> </div> </body> </html>