<html> <head> </head> <body> I already have a "hand held piano tuning device". No matter what kind of fancy name they give this thing it will still require a human to place it over the tuning pins one at a time.  Then assuming that it's purposes is to set the temperament for you there are already plenty of ETDs available for that.  This only leaves automatically turning the pin for you which makes about as much sense as those stupid handicap doors we have at the university that STILL require that you pull on them before they open themselves, (duh).  I can see the stripped and rounded pin heads now.  No small-time home piano owner who had to finance the purchase of their Korean console is going to buy this thing and professionals know better.  I think it is going to be a pretty hard sell.  This of course discounts the fact that pianos require a lot more than tuning.  If they want to impress me how about inventing a machine that will repin flanges, shape hammers, and rebush a set of key bushings in thirty minutes!! Rob Goodale, RPT Las Vegas, NV <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Billbrpt@AOL.COM">Billbrpt@AOL.COM</a> wrote: <blockquote type="cite" cite="mid:f2.1848eea7.29c4181b@aol.com"> I'm quitting the business and headin' for the hills. Bill Bremmer RPT Madison, Wisconsin <a href="http://www.billbremmer.com/">Click here: -=w w w . b i l l b r e m m e r . c o m =-</a> QRS Music Technologies, Inc. To Develop Handheld Self-Tuning Piano Device; Worldwide Rights Granted to Sublicense the Technology NAPLES, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 15, 2002--QRS Music Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB:<a href="aol://4785:QRSM">QRSM</a> ) announced today that it has acquired the exclusive worldwide rights to manufacture, sublicense and sell a Handheld Self-Tuning Piano device. Presently, the system does not have a trade name, but the project's working name is "Pocket Tune." Late last month, QRS Music Technologies announced plans to develop a self-tuning piano. That technology, with the working name "Auto Tune," is incorporated into the piano at the time of manufacture. Pocket Tune is based on similar technology, but will be available in a small hand-held form for tuning pianos already in the marketplace. </blockquote> </body> </html>