<!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 6.00.2715.400" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Hi folks:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>I'm another newbie who's been lurking and = reading.  Everything is very enjoyable so far, though I only sort of barely grasp = a lot of it.  I'll be taking a class in tuning this summer with the = Sacramento, CA chapter and the instructor, Peter Clark, has suggested that a = Sanderson Beat-Rater might be helpful.  I looked them up and they are $150.00 = both at Accu-Tuner.com and in the PianoTek supply catalog.  I'm willing to = spend the money if it helps me to learn, but I was wondering if any of you had = other suggestions of things which might be as helpful or had one used the you = might wish to part with.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Thanks:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Craig Glasser</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>