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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> When I first started =
tuning I
got one of those thingees from a nice lady whose husband had passed =
away. ( I
also got a really great piano tilter. ) </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> I soon learned that =
I could tune
better without it, within six months or so. I was learning to tune =
aurally, and
using that to check my temperament. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> They can fool you =
though, while
you're gazing at the spinning wheel, you can actually hypnotize yourself =
into
thinking what a great tuning you're doing, but when you turn it off, you =
kind of
wake up and realize,,,,,,,,,,,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Just kidding Bill, I =
wasn't
talking about you..................</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Kevin E. Ramsey<BR><A
href="mailto:ramsey@extremezone.com">ramsey@extremezone.com</A></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=wpeterson2@socal.rr.com =
href="mailto:wpeterson2@socal.rr.com">w
peterson</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> Wednesday, June 26, 2002 =
7:15
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Peterson 490ST =
Strobe
tuner....good?</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>I have had one of these for about a year, and am quite =
happy
with it. You<BR>do have to listen, and you do have to learn to =
watch the
many thing the<BR>spinning wheel does. Bill
Peterson<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>