<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=UTF-8 http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charse= t=utf-8"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2730.1700" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fffff= f"> <DIV> <DIV>    <STRONG> HI Phil    </= STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG> I have to confess being trained & worked as an aural = tuner as well & I have found that I disagree with the way the Any s= at model calculates the low tenor below the f-3 to the break.To my ear it al= ways tunes it too flat. It's not a big deal. I usually overide it &=  I just tune around it aurally.</STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG>  Dale</STRONG></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue = 2px solid"> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Terry</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>I feel you are missrepresenting the SATlll in your s= tatement below. I've been using the SATlll for three years and from my persp= ective using manual stretch is the exception. By far, the majority of the pi= anos I tune need very little or no correction at all. I tuned strictly aural= ly for 28 years and I love the SATlll. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Phil Frankenberg</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>CSU Chico,  Ca.</FONT></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">---- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>F= rom:</B> <A title=mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com href="mailto:mfarrel2@= tampabay.rr.com">Farrell</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=mailto:pianotech@ptg.o= rg href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, November 04, 2003 8:16= AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Wanted Acu-tuner -3</DIV= > <DIV><FONT size=3><BR><BR><FONT face=Arial>IMHO, if you like listening t= o your octaves and manually setting your stretch in the various areas of the= scale each time you tune a piano - the little powerhouse SAT 3 is hard to b= eat - it is so simple and a pure pleasure to use. If you like to just shift = into autopilot (but of course, still have complete control over stretch sett= ings, etc.) and produce fantabulous tuning time after time on any piano, go = with the VT. And of course the VT has all sort of other bells and whistles.<= /FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3></FONT><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=3>I was in love with my SAT 3, but I'm also i= n love with my VT and I feel like we are still on the honeymoon after almost= two years now!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3></FONT><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=3>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3></FONT><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3></FONT><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV></BLOCKQUOT= E></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000040></FONT></DIV></BODY></HT= ML>