<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1264" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: = #ffffff" bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>Terry</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I feel you are missrepresenting the SATlll in your statement below. = I've been using the SATlll for three years and from my perspective using = manual stretch is the exception. By far, the majority of the pianos I tune need = very little or no correction at all. I tuned strictly aurally for 28 years = and I love the SATlll. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Phil Frankenberg</DIV> <DIV>CSU Chico,  Ca.</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">---- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">Farrell</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, November 04, = 2003 8:16 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Wanted Acu-tuner = -3</DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3><BR><BR>IMHO, if you like listening to your = octaves and manually setting your stretch in the various areas of the scale each = time you tune a piano - the little powerhouse SAT 3 is hard to beat - it is so = simple and a pure pleasure to use. If you like to just shift into autopilot = (but of course, still have complete control over stretch settings, etc.) and = produce fantabulous tuning time after time on any piano, go with the VT. And = of course the VT has all sort of other bells and whistles.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>I was in love with my SAT 3, but I'm also in love = with my VT and I feel like we are still on the honeymoon after almost two years now!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>Imust</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>