<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=us-ascii"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2180" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=578482321-04102004><FONT = face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Yep...  My PDA (used for TuneLab) went out = Friday.  There's another on the way... but I had 4 tunings = scheduled for today.  I wasn't timing, but I almost think I was a bit faster on = the 3 regular tunings.  However, I must admit I really missed it on the = Pitch Raise.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=578482321-04102004><FONT = face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=578482321-04102004><FONT = face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Thank God I learned Aural = Techniques.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=578482321-04102004><FONT = face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=578482321-04102004><FONT = face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Joey Recker</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left> <HR tabIndex=-1> <FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Richard Day<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, October 04, 2004 1:06 PM<BR><B>To:</B> pianotech@ptg.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> SAT went bad-good thing<BR></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> <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></BODY></HTML>