SAT III

[Jim Coleman, Sr.]

Hi Terry:

The SAT III works fine in any kind of pitch raise. You don't have to
wait for the thing to compute how much to raise, Just hit the tuning
hammer a lick to get it in the ballpark, the autostep will then step
up to the intended note when it hears that it is in the ballpark.

To avoid string breakage when doing half step pitch raises, don't
do a full overshoot, especially in the Bass. Just do a second pitch
raise after pulling everything up to 440 the first pullup. After the
first pullup, the piano will sink to around 18 to 20 cents flat, then
compute the Pitch raise and do the overshoot. You can probably do
these two PRs in about 30 minutes. How many more minutes would it
take if you had Bass strings break?

A cautionary note: Always check to make sure you don't have any
strings which are attempting to climb over their own coils, especially
in the bottom row of tuning pins. If you find some like that, it will
save you time if you loosen them slightly and tilt the coils more in
line with the direction of the string as it approaches the coils and
pull them back up.

Jim Coleman, Sr.

On Tue, 8 Feb 2000, Farrell wrote:

> >Quite a time saver from using a foot pad.  I have yet to use the
> > foot pad and I would entertain suggestions as to when I would need it.
> 
> Ogh oh, I have this wierd feeling I have been wasting time because of
> ignorance. Do you not need to use some type of manual note switching when
> you do a pitch raise? I can't see any way around it. Please explain. Thanks!
> 
> Terry Farrell
> Piano Tuning & Service
> Tampa, Florida
> mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <DGPEAKE@AOL.COM>
> To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2000 11:16 PM
> Subject: Re: SAT III
> 
> 
> > In a message dated 2/5/00 7:35:36 PM Pacific Standard Time, ilvey@jps.net
> > writes:
> >
> > << List,
> >
> >  I am close to trading in my SAT II for the SAT III.  I am not
> >  interested in RCT or Tunelab.  I would love to hear from SAT III
> >  owners.  I am especially interested in whether the move from
> >  the II to the III was worth it and why.
> >
> >  Thanks in advance...
> >
> >  David I.
> >   >>
> >
> > I jumped from a SAT 1 to a SAT 3 and never regretted it.  I have not had
> time
> > to work with all of the features but one of the best is in the auto note
> > stepping.  Quite a time saver from using a foot pad.  I have yet to use
> the
> > foot pad and I would entertain suggestions as to when I would need it.
> >
> > By the way, I think my SAT 1 has a buyer for it and when the deal is done,
> I
> > will post it on the list since I advertized it a few weeks ago.
> >
> > Dave Peake, RPT
> > Portland Chapter
> > Oregon City, OR
> >
> >
> 
>