<HTML style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-FAMILY: MS Sans Serif"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1251"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16587" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <P> <DIV>I feel like a stick in the mud after all the fun you all are having with this one, but I have a suggestion.  You probably have relative humidity levels about as low as your outside temps about now.  Static electric shocks will turn off an Accu-Tuner instantly.  This usually happens when you touch it.  Someone used to sell a magnet attached to a wire that would connect to one of the SAT's ground connections on the back.  The magnet end would stick to the plate to keep it constantly grounded.  If static is causing the trouble, you can also simply ground it regularly using your hand as a conductor between the piano plate and any of the connections on the back of the SAT.  You can do this a number of times during the tuning.  Sending it back to Inventronics won't help any if this is what's going on.  The Sandersons are good about answering email; share your problem with them.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Bruce Dornfeld, RPT</DIV> <DIV><A href="mailto:bdornfeld@earthlink.net">bdornfeld@earthlink.net</A></DIV> <DIV>North Shore Chapter</DIV> <P></P></BODY></HTML>