<html> <body> Robert, I have several posts that Jim Coleman has written about using a SAT. Although they're not "exactly" in response to your question below, they might be useful to you as you continue learning. If you're interested, I'll compile them and send them to you. Avery Todd At 05:27 PM 8/20/05, you wrote: <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite=""> Several months ago I bought a Sanderson Accutuner III. I have used this to tune pianos, but I would like it to help me to become a good aural tuner. So far, I have worked through several different temperaments by ear (Defebaugh, Potter, Coleman etc) and checked the accuracy of each note against those stored in the SAT (after I performed an FAC stretch measurement on the piano, using the procedure described in the handbook). I found that some of the notes were very close while others were too sharp or flat, and I have to improve my accuracy.    I used the SAT to check how accurately I could set A49 to a tuning fork when matching the beat rate against F21. I performed some checks on unisons to find out how close the tuning of the three strings were after I tuned them by ear.   I also used the SAT to tune the notes within the temperament, and then listened to the beat rates of the 3rds, 4ths, 5ths and 6ths to hear out what they should sound like when I eventually set the temperament correctly by ear. I assume that the beat rates of these intervals when set by an SAT would be what one would expect. I am still finding the beats difficult to hear, being rather faint, and not easy to judge if one interval has a slighty faster or slower beat rate than another.   I assume these are good ways to use the SAT for learning to tune aurally, but are there any other things I could do that would be helpful?   Thank you for your advice. By the way, I have applied to join the Boston chapter of the PTG, and I hope this will be very beneficial.   Robert Finley</blockquote></body> </html>