If your only reason for purchasing an ETD is for pitch raising, then your best bet is to buy a used Sanderson Accutuner. It will do everything you want at a minimal cost. I use the Verituner. I love it. It is wonderful. It will guide you to pitch raising wonderfully. But if all you want to do is pitch raise, then a used Accutuner I, II or III is the most cost-effective option by far (unless, of course, you use a laptop in your service calls - then, I suppose, consider Tunelab or RCT). Don't get a new VT only for pitch raising. Terry Farrell ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Formsma" <john@formsmapiano.com> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 9:28 AM Subject: Verituner and Pitch Raises > I'm trying to figure out if it's worth spending $1500 for the Verituner > or other needed shop tools and supplies. (I'm quite comfortable with > aural tuning, but if I get an ETD, it's going to be a Verituner.) > > For those out there who use the Verituner, here's a question about the > pitch raises it calculates. > > The Verituner sounds like it can calculate a pitch raise and get the > piano really close in one pass. > > If so, I can definitely see a time-saving advantage of being able to > raise Mrs. Jones' spinet 100 cents in one pass, then come back in a > month and do a tuning after things have settled down. Is it that good, > or are two passes usually necessary as in aural tuning? > > How quickly can you do a pitch raise with the Verituner? By comparison, > I can pitch correct in 15 minutes or so, but I couldn't leave the piano > in that condition. Even if it took 30-40 minutes for a Verituner pitch > raise, it would be less time than I currently need for a pitch > raise/fine tuning. > > Has the Verituner made your working life much, much easier; slightly > easier; or about the same? Has it become a crutch? > > Any other thoughts? > > John Formsma > > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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