machines or not? what?

[Keith McGavern]

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Terry, Antares, List Subscribers,

I've thought long and hard concerning what I'm about to say, so it 
does not come easily or lightly for me to comment concerning the 
Verituner praises (see below) that are currently being advocated, and 
those that have been mentioned in the past. I now feel led to present 
an entirely different view as being a professionally important thing 
to do.

I did purchase a Verituner earlier this year based largely on the 
glowing reports that have been proclaimed on Pianotech by a few 
subscribers, from the advertisements in the Journal and by the 
information provided on the Veritune's website.

For the record I have prior experience with the Hale Sight-O-Tuner, 
the Sanderson Accu-Tuners' I & II and with the Reyburn Cybertuner. 
This covers a span of 20 + years. Also for the record, I am not 
claiming to be a great tuner, or in having extensive training to 
suffice anyone to believe I am an expert on the matter.

So to continue:

When it comes to the following claims of "...the most perfect tuning 
possible...", "... You just choose your pitch and that's just it...", 
"... every buyer that I know of went crazy after the very first 
tuning...", "... it will consistently yield a tuning equal to or 
better than a very fine aural tuning produced by a highly skilled 
aural tuner...", "... The VT is absolutely AMAZING..."

I am not one of those persons who experienced any of the above quotes.

All I have to support this statement is the years and the yield of 
tunings with the other devices I have used, and the results they have 
or have not provided. Some of the tunings are pianos I have tuned and 
serviced for those 20 + years on a regular basis.

I had greatly wished and hoped for the results to be the same as 
those claimed by the existing Verituner owners, however, it did not 
happen for me.

Whether that be due to operator error, incompetence on my part, 
and/or a variety of any other factors that might exist, I cannot say. 
I only know after 2 months of usuage, it was an experience of 
complete frustration with continued trial and error outcomes. I gave 
up expecting to get anything close to the results that others have 
claimed to get whatsoever.

I am disappointedly glad that some are completely satisfied with 
their Verituner results. I would have liked to been one of those 
praisers and experience the amazing benefits that have been extolled.

Alas, it was not meant to be for me.

Respectfully submitted,

Keith McGavern
Registered Piano Technician
Oklahoma Chapter 731
Piano Technicians Guild
USA


At 9:35 AM -0400 6/21/03, Farrell wrote:
>I can only recommend to Tony that you get your hands on a Verituner 
>and  tune a few >pianos. Try a few spinets. The experience will make 
>you a believer. The VT is >absolutely AMAZING! When used properly, 
>IMHO, it will consistently yield a tuning equal >to or better than a 
>very fine aural tuning produced by a highly skilled aural tuner on 
>a >good day who is well rested and who is in a good mood and only 
>has the one tuning >that day.
>
>  ----- Original Message -----
>  From: <antares@euronet.nl>
>  To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
>  Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2003 6:18 AM
>  Subject: machines or not? what?
>
>  > ...This machine gives us the most perfect tuning possible with the least
>  > amount of trouble. i.e. no computer stuff, no choosing of partials, no
>  > anything.
>  > You just choose your pitch and that's just it. A perfect box and at the
>  > same time perfectly simple to handle too.
>  > So far, every buyer that I know of went crazy after the very first
>  > tuning : they can't believe it! they have never heard such a
>  > fantastic tuning before in their whole life...every buyer!
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