<!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 6.00.2900.2802" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>For those of you who use an Accutuner = III, which way would you recommend using it to achieve a fine tuning?  I have = heard several different and conflicting opinions, and I am wondering what to = make of it. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>A friend of mine told me he achieves a = good tuning by using the SAT III to perform the FAC calculation, and then = tuning chromatically up the piano from A0, note by note, also tuning the = unisons as he goes, and aurally checking the octaves and other intervals. = Someone else told me that this would be the method to use only for pitch raising and achieving stability, but not for fine tuning. Another person told = me that the temperament should be tuned first and then spread up the piano by octaves and then lower. Aural = checks would be done to ensure that everything sounds correct and the beat = rates of the intervals are what they should be.   </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Your opinion on this will be much = appreciated. Thank you very much. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Robert = Finley</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>