<html> A Hi Ric, Now each piano will need about two days work just to get them matched,  since voicing and regulation will effect the timbre and stretch of each instrument. Well thats only about 10days work, Now add tuning all to the same curve, that could be another couple of days to get them all stable.   Then get 2 RPT's to agree, mmmmmmmm  allow another week.  Then detune all exactly the same, ops! another two days.   Well after about a month, given stable climate conditions, we could perhaps have a level playing field. Now I jump into my bomb shelter.  Flame suit and tin hat on. <G>   Roger t 06:17 PM 9/7/01 -0400, you wrote: <blockquote type=cite cite>Ric, And you *are* volunteering to organize it, aren't you?</blockquote> <blockquote type=cite cite>Clyde Richard Brekne wrote: <blockquote type=cite cite>Well guys...ok... lets take a twist on this as long as everyone seems so into it. Lets also include some expert at using the Peterson tuner. Same audience aproval ratings and the rest of our appraisal criteral to apply. I am sure that would provide us with just as interesting information relating to whether the SAT is truly better then the Peterson. .  Better yet... YEA !! lets do a tune off between the Peterson, SAT, Tunelab, RCT, and Verituner. To keep it fair and neutral we can employ 30 professors of music (piano as main instrument) from accross the country and tell them all straight out that they are judging the best machine tuning. It oughta be a very enlightning affair. RicB :)   </blockquote></blockquote> </html>