<<<<As an aural tuner I always miss out on the "my machine is better than yours"! :( darn. Mind you, when the kids are screaming and running around the house, and I'm tuning a 50 year old drop action, and it's my last piano of the day, I really really really really wish I had one of those electronic thingamabobbies. ;) Larry Beach, RPT Vancouver, Canada>>>> This one IS worth investigating. I've been tuning aurally in ET for over 21 years and, though I hate to admit it, it's better than me at tempering intervals. I now effortlessly and consistently get VERY SMOOTH beat speed progression. When I tune aurally, I WORK AND WORK AND WORK until I achieve the best compromises I can (something I'm sure you're familiar with). With the VT'er, I just follow the spinning wheelie thing and PRESTO!!!! it's exactly there when I use my aural checks to verify. NO RETUNING AND RETUNING TO FINE TEMPER!!!! And let the leaf blowers, lawn mowers, rap music or whatever happen. I'm no longer stressed or tired at the end of the day. I have so much excess energy that I'm starting to "power walk" with the intention of building up to jogging 7 miles a day like I did back in my twenties. (Well... maybe walk and jog the 7 miles now.) And colors are brighter now. And people are nicer. And, oohh, the world is just such a happy place. -Joe
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