I find that using the magnetic pickup used with the SAT, on the VT, that the background noise had a negligible affect. John Ross Windsor, Nova Scotia > > Although there was the time a bar owner called me at 5:00 P.M and told me that he had a jazz combo that would be starting at 7:00 and could I get the piano tuned? > > This was back when I was using a TuneMaster instead of the Verituner. The lights were low and the crowd was already getting noisy. I gave it a once over with the Verituner, but it was difficult. That particular machine had a needle indicator, and was quite affected by ambient noises. > > I think in those circumstances doing an strictly aural tuning would have been nearly impossible. The TuneMaster did give me readings when I really pounded the notes. I think my Verituner would have done considerably better, in that it doesn't seem to latch on to background noise nearly so much. > > The bar owner was just grateful that I was willing to stop by. The musician was pleased, considering the circumstances I had to work under. > > Got paid, stayed for the show, had free beer all night long. Life was good! Chuck > > > >Chuck, > > This just isn't so. RCT is very helpful during intermissions. > > My gosh, the noise volume of activity that occurs > in the audience during that time is tremendous. > > RCT is invaluable. > > The time length of the intermission is always a factor > as to how much can be accomplished though. > > Certain areas tend to dictate more focused attention than others. > > Keith< > > On Feb 4, 2011, at 10:27 PM, Chuck Behm wrote: > > > ? I do concede the point that for situations requiring a quick touch-up, > > such as during the intermission of a performance, > > the ETD is not going to be helpful. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20110205/98b7b777/attachment.htm>
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