Veritune/ first impressions

[Richard Brekne]

Do you still have your SAT ?? I am curious as to how the SAT aggrees with the
Verituner... or the RCT for that matter. I'd like to see someone tune with a
Verituner, and then start up an RCT or SAT and see how either of these
"likes" the Verituners decisions.

I'd also like to hear more about this realtime partial ladder sampling
ability the Verituner apparently has.

Charles E Faulk wrote:

> Just got in my Verituner today. So I decided I'd tune my own Baldwin
> SF-10 to try it out. Did about 5 minutes of arm calisthenics to warm up
> for the tuning pins, and then dug out my heavy-duty 14" 'crowbar' tuning
> hammer and set to work.
>
> First of all, the display is inspired. It has a three pronged spinner in
> the middle for fine tuning and a slower moving outer ring for reading
> pitches that are far from the mark. It works like a charm. Being a long
> time SAT user this took some time to get used to. The spinner moves
> faster than the light display on my SAT III and it's not as easy to stop.
> Oh, you can also change the turning speed on the spinner if you want.
>
> I started by tuning A4, then A3, then A2. I then went to F3 and tuned
> chromatically up to C#5, then I went back to F3 and tuned down to F2. The
> Verituner requires no pre-programming. It was impressive. The thirds and
> sixths progressed very smoothly from note to note even over the break
> where the wrapped strings begin.
>
> At this point it occurred to me that it might be fun to set up my SAT III
> along side the Verituner and compare each note to note. It was
> interesting, but I need to try them side by side on a few more pianos to
> form any firm conclusions. Basically I noticed that the Verituner tended
> to stretch  more in the 2nd and 5th octaves. I didn't have to tinker
> around with the bass strings as much with this new machine.
>
> There's a lot of other features on the machine that I'll have to try
> including a plethera of HT's that can be easily programmed.
>
> The only thing I found slightly lacking was the note finding or stepping
> program. The Verituner moves quickly from note to note if you move by
> half steps, but it tends to hesitate if you're jumping around. I tend to
> use a lot of aural checks while tuning, and this slows the machine down.
>
> All in all, I give it high marks.
>
> Charles Faulk, RPT
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Richard Brekne
RPT, N.P.T.F.
Bergen, Norway
mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no