<!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 6.00.2900.3314" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>I did two tunings today on Yamy C3 - both needed a real serious tuning. I spent about 1.3 hours on each piano and ran the Verituner program on my HP ipaq 111 for the full duration. My ipaq has a 1.2 Ah battery. I had 77% battery capacity left after the first tuning and 55% left after the second tuning.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>I'm part of the "good tools cost some $$, but usually pay for themselves in the long run" crowd. I ordered my Spurlock PDA cradle the same day I ordered my PDA. I knew I would need it and I knew Bill's jig would be a workhorse. I've tuned several pianos with it now and it seems to work like a charm. I also bought his little grand plate strut clamp for mounting the PDA cradle - it is very handy and works well.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Terry Farrell</FONT></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=atuneforyou@gmail.com href="mailto:atuneforyou@gmail.com">Steve Blasyak</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, May 05, 2008 11:26 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> PDA's/ Batteries</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Hey  Now,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Not for the sake of argument, but for clarification. I don't think the Verituner uses any more battery power than any of the other programs. That statement is based on my own personal experience. I have used all three programs with my current PDA (Ipaq 2795b), and I don't notice any significant difference.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Marcel apparently your Ipaq 2410 must have a superior battery, or perhaps you get five or six tunings per charge because you can tune a piano in a half an hour, I don't know. All I can say is my experience is more in line with what Terry originally described at the beginning or this thread. As I've said before I have a friend with a Dell Axiom that will run Cybertuner all day, so it certainly seems possible all PDA batteries are not created equal. The car charger option is the cheapest and has always worked for me.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Terry, as far as Gregor's super thick battery add-on, with your creativity I'm surprised you don't just make a stand out of scrap wood. When I originally switched to the PDA format I liked the Spurlock PDA stand but baulked at the price (I know I'm cheap), so I just made a little wooden stand. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Steve Blasyak</DIV> <DIV>Orange County Chapter</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Pura Vida</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>