Ed, <<This brings up a worthwhile point. Time vs. Money, or, "How am I supposed to learn all these different temperaments?" You don't HAVE to devote a lot of time to hear the various temperaments. Jorgensen's 'Tuning" coupled with the progammable tuning machine has dramatically lowered the cost of temperament exploration. A working tech can now easily produce the tunings found in the piano's historical record without the huge investment of time previously required.>> Yeah, yeah...I hear you. A ETD certainly aids in this process. I guess I am a little wary of getting used to the machine because when I have used one for a while, my mind begins to get lazy. :-) I also find that it sometimes takes longer getting those little lights to stop than it does just to get in there and tune the thing aurally. If I do upgrade from the SAT II, the Pocket RCT is very attractive, huh? <<So, how to use a SATII? Simply use an existing tuning for a given piano and use the pitch change calculator for the note's alteration. If the C's need to be sharpened from ET by 6 cents, just put that +6 in (via the calculator) and tune all the C's, zero that offset, and put in the next offset and tune all of those notes. It is a little less laborious than tuning chromatically and changing up or down for each note, though that is another approach.>> I remember your saying this before, and this would work. BTW, the piano I mentioned the other day...Kawai KG-5 one pass pitch lower/tuning with EBVT. I received an email this morning from the organist. Her words were, "I liked the tuning." I had previously tuned that piano with the SAT (ET) because the falseness (loose bridge pins) in the treble made aural tuning difficult. After tapping bridge pins and some light seating this time, the EBVT really made this piano sing. Sounded very improved. I think I have a convert! :-) John Formsma Blue Mountain, MS mailto:jformsma@dixie-net.com
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