<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <html><head><style type="text/css"></style><title>Re: machines or not? what?</title></head><body> <div><font face="Arial" color="#000000">Terry, Antares, List Subscribers,<br> <br> I've thought long and hard concerning what I'm about to say, so it does not come easily or lightly for me to comment concerning the Verituner praises (see below) that are currently being advocated, and those that have been mentioned in the past. I now feel led to present an entirely different view as being a professionally important thing to do.<br> <br> I did purchase a Verituner earlier this year based largely on the glowing reports that have been proclaimed on Pianotech by a few subscribers, from the advertisements in the Journal and by the information provided on the Veritune's website.<br> <br> For the record I have prior experience with the Hale Sight-O-Tuner, the Sanderson Accu-Tuners' I & II and with the Reyburn Cybertuner. This covers a span of 20 + years. Also for the record, I am not claiming to be a great tuner, or in having extensive training to suffice anyone to believe I am an expert on the matter.</font><br> </div> <div><font face="Arial" color="#000000">So to continue:</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" color="#000000"><br></font></div> <div><font face="Arial" color="#000000">When it comes to the following claims of "...the most perfect tuning possible...", "... You just choose your pitch and that's just it...", "... every buyer that I know of went crazy after the very first tuning...", "... it will consistently yield a tuning equal to or better than a very fine aural tuning produced by a highly skilled aural tuner...", "... The VT is absolutely AMAZING..."</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" color="#000000"><br> I am not one of those persons who experienced any of the above quotes.</font><br> </div> <div><font face="Arial" color="#000000">All I have to support this statement is the years and the yield of tunings with the other devices I have used, and the results they have or have not provided. Some of the tunings are pianos I have tuned and serviced for those 20 + years on a regular basis.</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" color="#000000"><br> I had greatly wished and hoped for the results to be the same as those claimed by the existing Verituner owners, however, it did not happen for me.</font><br> </div> <div><font face="Arial" color="#000000">Whether that be due to operator error, incompetence on my part, and/or a variety of any other factors that might exist, I cannot say. I only know after 2 months of usuage, it was an experience of complete frustration with continued trial and error outcomes. I gave up expecting to get anything close to the results that others have claimed to get whatsoever.</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" color="#000000"><br></font></div> <div><font face="Arial" color="#000000">I am disappointedly glad that some are completely satisfied with their Verituner results. I would have liked to been one of those praisers and experience the amazing benefits that have been extolled.</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" color="#000000"><br></font></div> <div><font face="Arial" color="#000000">Alas, it was not meant to be for me.</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" color="#000000"><br> Respectfully submitted,</font><br> </div> <div><font face="Arial" color="#000000">Keith McGavern<br> Registered Piano Technician<br> Oklahoma Chapter 731<br> Piano Technicians Guild</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" color="#000000">USA</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" color="#000000"><br></font></div> <div><font face="Arial" color="#000000"><br> At 9:35 AM -0400 6/21/03, Farrell wrote:</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" color="#000000">>I can only recommend to Tony that you get your hands on a Verituner and  tune a few >pianos. Try a few spinets. The experience will make you a believer. The VT is >absolutely AMAZING! When used properly, IMHO, it will consistently yield a tuning equal >to or better than a very fine aural tuning produced by a highly skilled aural tuner on a >good day who is well rested and who is in a good mood and only has the one tuning >that day.</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" color="#000000">><br> > ----- Original Message -----<br> > From: <antares@euronet.nl><br> > To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org><br> > Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2003 6:18 AM<br> > Subject: machines or not? what?<br> ></font></div> <div><font face="Arial" color="#000000">> > ...This machine gives us the most perfect tuning possible with the least</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" color="#000000">> > amount of trouble. i.e. no computer stuff, no choosing of partials, no<br> > > anything.<br> > > You just choose your pitch and that's just it. A perfect box and at the<br> > > same time perfectly simple to handle too.<br> > > So far, every buyer that I know of went crazy after the very first<br> > > tuning : they can't believe it! they have never heard such a<br> > > fantastic tuning before in their whole life...every buyer!</font></div> </body> </html>