<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>In a message dated 11/4/2003 12:23:29 PM Pacific Standard Time, rinkyd@= pacbell.net writes:</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 </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOT= E></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000040><FONT size=3> &nb= sp;   <STRONG>     Hi</STRONG> =   <STRONG>Phil</STRONG></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000040 size=3><STRONG>  = I also should have said  you're right, that much of the time ,like 90%,= I have very little disagreement with the fac tunings stretch rate from the = middle of the piano up to the top. It's the bottom end the sat  ha= s trouble with. I usually set up the bass to tune 6-3 octaves Letting the li= ghts spin progressively slower as I get down to & thru the mono chords. = I like to push the bass wide especially on smaller grands.</STRONG></FONT></= DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000040 size=3> &= nbsp; regards--Dale</FONT></STRONG></DIV></BODY></HTML>