<html><body> <DIV><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">HI Dave,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>My vision is 20/200.  The numbers won't help because I use screen enlarging software ;) zoom text.  I wonder if someting like tune lab would be best with a pc that I can put the screen enlarging software in. but where does one place a lap top when tunin gthe piano in order to pick up the pitch etc?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Marshall</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">-------------- Original message -------------- <BR>From: "David Ilvedson" <ilvey@sbcglobal.net> <BR>Marshall,<BR><BR>How visually impaired are you?   If you can see the red spinner fairly well, the Accutuner might be the way to go...but there are numbers involved in setting it up.  Their size is about like <FONT size=6>  8.4   8.7</FONT><FONT size=7>  </FONT><FONT size=6>9.3<BR><BR></FONT>David Ilvedson, RPT<BR>Pacifica, California<BR><BR><BR><BR> <DIV style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 3px solid; PADDING-TOP: 5px"> <HR> Original message<BR>From: pianotune05@comcast.net<BR>To: "Pianotech List" <PIANOTECH@PTG.ORG><BR>Received: 2/6/2006 5:11:20 AM<BR>Subject: Re: tuning environment<BR><BR> <DIV align=left><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">I know I'm not going out and buying and ETD right away, but I was wondering what size font the print is. ie. 10 12 etc.  Since I use the city bus system, the smaller ones woule be a better match for me ,but depending on the print.  I can see the red light on the spinner pretty well. Are they pretty much the same in price, tune lab, verituner etc.  I know the Acutuner III is in the neighborhood of 1700$ </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Marshall</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">-------------- Original message -------------- <BR>From: Conrad Hoffsommer <hoffsoco@luther.edu> <BR><BR>> At 12:36 PM 2/6/2006 +0100, you wrote: <BR>> > >...ETD that I can get a close look at. I want to see how bug the numbers <BR>> >are whether I can read them or not. I'd like to get one just so I can <BR>> >raise pitch before tuning by ear.< <BR>> > <BR>> >Hi Marshall, <BR>> > <BR>> >Maybe someone there still uses the laptop version of RCT. I think that as <BR>> >the screen is pretty big, it wont be too difficult for you to see the <BR>> >spinner, and you can put it in different colours which may help. It's <BR>> >awesome for pitch raises. <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Guilty as charged... <BR>> <BR>> I have RCT on a new 14.5" screen Toshiba. (i.e. large print edition... ;-} <BR>> ) Note: that's larger tha! n my home TV screen. If I ever buy a DVD, I'll <BR>> watch it on my laptop. 8-}}} <BR>> <BR>> No internal mike, so I need to plug one in, but I still can set the 'puter <BR>> up to 8' away on a convenient table, chair, other piano or even the floor <BR>> and see quite well. For grands, I usually set it up on the short sticked lid. <BR>> <BR>> I have different colo(u)rs for the spinner for fine tune and pitch raise, <BR>> and some available hues are _really_ easy to see. I've also cut down the <BR>> propellor blade to 30° so that the "blush" is really dramatic/easily seen. <BR>> <BR>> my 2¢. <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Conrad Hoffsommer <BR>> <BR>> Chi si ferma è perduto. <BR>> <BR>> _______________________________________________ <BR>> Pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></body></html>