TL97

[Jim Coleman, Sr.]

Hi Frank:

The only reason I have not mentioned TuneLab more is that I have not yet
been able to use it at a piano. I have it on my desktop, but I can't get
a piano in my office. The program looks good and as you say, it has many
of the features which the other laptop program has, but in slightly 
different ways. Its display is quite similar to the display of the Yamaha
PT 100. It has an advantage over the PT 100 in that one can calculate a
tuning, but not in the same speedy way the other two VTDs do. It works more
like an aural tuner would work. The RCT has so many options as to how to
tune a piano that one is mystified with all the choices (they do however
provide a simple standard approach). I believe Don Mannino has used both
systems.

Can you believe it? I have not mentioned the SAT III until now.

I suppose that as more people begin to use the TuneLab, we will see more
mention of it.

Jim Coleman, Sr.

On Tue, 17 Nov 1998, Frank Weston wrote:

> Hello James,
> 
> I use TL97, and I have used it about two years.  It's a tremendous value
> for the dollar, and it provides every useful function other VTD's provide. 
> 
> 
> A drawback for some is that while other VTD's make the big decisions for
> the tuner, TL97 presents the information and requires the tuner to make the
> decisions.  If the tuner does not understand what he is about, he will have
> trouble with TL97; however, the bottom line is that TL97, in the hands of a
> skilled operator is capable of providing as good a quality tuning as any
> other VTD, just as quickly, and with more information which can be
> subjected to more in-depth analysis presented. 
> 
> Now, maybe someone out there could answer a question for me.  Why is it
> that in list discussions of VTDs, the big two names frequently come up and
> TL97 is rarely mentioned?
> 
> Frank Weston
> 
> ----------
> > From: James Grebe <pianoman@inlink.com>
> > To: pianotech mailing list <pianotech@ptg.org>
> > Subject: Fw: TL97
> > Date: Monday, November 16, 1998 5:47 PM
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > >Hi all,
> > >Could I get anyone who is using TuneLab97 in the field to post back
> > >privately on your experiences with it and the website address?
> > >James Grebe
> > >R.P.T. of the P.T.G
> > >pianoman@inlink.com
> > >Creator of Handsome Hardwood Caster Cups and Practical Piano Peripherals
> in
> > >St. Louis, MO
> > pianoman@inlink.com
> > >
>