When I was using SAT II, I couldn't handle the foot switch either. I tried to work with the switch on the tuning hammer but didn't like it either. I bought the Yamaha switch they had for the PT-100, modified the male part and used it with the SAT with great relief. The trick is to glue the switch to a piece of velcro that you put on your let hand (if you're a right handed tuner). Wear the switch like a ring with the switch inside the palm. I was using the middle and index fingers to tune and the thumb to switch notes. The wire is still there, but you will feel a lot of freedom. I could still play octaves and all test and the wire is usually out of the tuning pins section wich was the problem with the switch on the tuning lever. Hope this helps some. Marcel Carey, RPT Sherbrooke, QC
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