This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Marshall, How visually impaired are you? If you can see the red spinner fairly = well, the Accutuner might be the way to go...but there are numbers invo= lved in setting it up. Their size is about like 8.4 8.7 9.3 David Ilvedson, RPT Pacifica, California Original message From: pianotune05@comcast.net To: "Pianotech List" Received: 2/6/2006 5:11:20 AM Subject: Re: tuning environment I know I'm not going out and buying and ETD right away, but I was wonde= ring what size font the print is. ie. 10 12 etc. Since I use the city = bus system, the smaller ones woule be a better match for me ,but depend= ing on the print. I can see the red light on the spinner pretty well. = Are they pretty much the same in price, tune lab, verituner etc. I kno= w the Acutuner III is in the neighborhood of 1700$ Marshall -------------- Original message -------------- From: Conrad Hoffsommer <hoffsoco@luther.edu> > At 12:36 PM 2/6/2006 +0100, you wrote: > > >...ETD that I can get a close look at. I want to see how bug the n= umbers > >are whether I can read them or not. I'd like to get one just so I ca= n > >raise pitch before tuning by ear.< > > > >Hi Marshall, > > > >Maybe someone there still uses the laptop version of RCT. I think th= at as > >the screen is pretty big, it wont be too difficult for you to see th= e > >spinner, and you can put it in different colours which may help. It'= s > >awesome for pitch raises. > > > Guilty as charged... > > I have RCT on a new 14.5" screen Toshiba. (i.e. large print edition..= . ;-} > ) Note: that's larger tha! n my home TV screen. If I ever buy a DVD, = I'll > watch it on my laptop. 8-}}} > > No internal mike, so I need to plug one in, but I still can set the '= puter > up to 8' away on a convenient table, chair, other piano or even the f= loor > and see quite well. For grands, I usually set it up on the short stic= ked lid. > > I have different colo(u)rs for the spinner for fine tune and pitch ra= ise, > and some available hues are _really_ easy to see. I've also cut down = the > propellor blade to 30=B0 so that the "blush" is really dramatic/easil= y seen. > > my 2=A2. > > > > > Conrad Hoffsommer > > Chi si ferma =E8 perduto. > > _______________________________________________ > Pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/3a/7b/98/03/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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