<!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 5.50.4616.200" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Terry,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The reason that my times jumped back up = was the learning process involved in learning how to use a new = tool.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>In learning to use it, I discovered a = more efficient way to use the split mute both going up the scale and down = than what I had been doing.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>And that record was at = piano # 49 and 50 </FONT> <SPAN id=__#Ath#SignaturePos__></SPAN> the last = three weeks.</DIV> <DIV>I will try the new muting pattern with the SATlll soon to compare = times and let you know.</DIV> <DIV>The split mute is similar to what you are doing but in one = tool.</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">. Truely amazed myself. Just a couple = months ago I had not be able to regularly get a pitch raise and tuning to less = than two hours - then all of a sudden vooosh! You are tuning much faster!</DIV> <DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Maybe I'll try your split mute idea. I use two mutes and leapfrog = across the scale, tuning unisons as I go. I realize it is likely the slowest = way. It sounds like you are getting faster with your Verituner. I think you = posted just recently and indicated that it was taking a lot longer (2 hours?) = to tune with the Verituner.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Terry Farrell <SPAN id=__#Ath#SignaturePos__></SPAN> </DIV></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">Joe Goss</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>