<HTML>In a message dated 12/26/02 6:44:43 AM Eastern Standard Time, A440A@aol.com writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">You can dig a very fine grave with a shovel, but a back-hoe can be a beautiful thing.  </BLOCKQUOTE> Right on, Ed! I used to make snide comments about the machine, such as that we don't listen to music (piano or otherwise) via machine but with our ears.  I still use my aging ears as the final arbiter, but find I can--in general--do more consistent tuning with my SAT III with less stress. I feel there is a further advantage to my clients.  As time passes, I expect to be less and less able to judge the top octave.  As a youth, I used to be able to detect a TV set on in the next room, volume down, because of the squeal of the horizontal sweep (ca. 20,000 Hz.).  I haven't heard that in years.  I don't really know where my top limit of hearing is any more.  At least, with an ETD (taken on while I am still young enough to accept new ideas) I have a hedge against some of the ravages of old age! Bill Maxim, RPT Maxim Piano Service Columbia, SC </HTML>