<html><div style='background-color:'><DIV class=RTE>My SAT II was overdue for a check-up and today it went belly-up.</DIV> <DIV class=RTE> </DIV> <DIV class=RTE><U>SO</U> I had to tune the old fashioned way with just the hammer, tuning fork and some mutes.  5ths, 4ths, octaves etc.  T'was a good thing.  Luckily I had a full size concert grand piano to work on.</DIV> <DIV class=RTE> </DIV> <DIV class=RTE>I recommend leaving the SAT home once in a while.  I tend to get a little more reliant on it than I should and of course it is faster, but it only took me about 15 minutes longer to do the tuning by ear  than it did when I used the SAT.</DIV> <DIV class=RTE> </DIV> <DIV class=RTE>Cleans the cobwebs out of your head and brings a smile when you realize you can still do a tuning the way we (or were supposed to have) learned.</DIV> <DIV class=RTE> </DIV> <DIV class=RTE>Regards</DIV> <DIV class=RTE> </DIV> <DIV class=RTE>Dick Day</DIV> <DIV class=RTE>Marshall</DIV></div></html>