SAT II and Al Sanderson

[Mark Story]

Terry,

While I wouldn't recommend it for everyone, some of us with electronic
service experience like to do some of this maintenance ourselves (and for
ourselves - not commercially). As long as we understand the risk, and the
warranty issues, why not? I replaced my last battery pack because I didn't
particularly like being charged $75.00 (plus labor) for a $12.00 battery
pack. I also successfully replaced the screen on my Palm computer after I
dropped and broke it.

In any case, I don't think that Terry P. deserved the sarcasm for just
asking for information. It's one of the great things about the Internet -
that nonproprietary information like this can be shared, even among a narrow
community as ours. It's not like he was asking for the printed circuit mask
and firmware for the SAT III for free.

Mark Story. RPT
Eastern Washington University
Cheney, Washington

 -----Original Message-----
From: 	owner-pianotech@ptg.org [mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org]  On Behalf
Of Farrell
Sent:	Sunday, February 25, 2001 3:16 AM
To:	pianotech@ptg.org
Subject:	Re: SAT II and Al Sanderson

Hi Carol. That was written a bit "tongue in cheek" as they say. I have sat
through Dr. Sanderson's classes at several conventions. Yes we certainly do
"owe so much to this man who has probably single-handedly contributed more
to our profession and livelihood than has been properly acknowledged." And I
believe he was at Harvard rather than MIT (but I should probably put a "?"
there too!). I hope I did not rock your boat too much.  :-)

I wrote it that way, because I don't understand why people are hesitant to
send their SAT to Inventronics for repair. They are VERY fast (likely
shorter time than it takes you to figure out how to put yours back
together), they almost always find one or two other things that can be
improved/upgraded that you were not aware of. Your SAT seems to always come
back working better than new. Very often, when it has been a number of years
since the SAT sat on a bench at Inventronics, it could benefit from a number
of upgrades that the owner is not even aware of. They took my SAT I with the
"F" tuning program (#363) and turned it into a little "FAC" power puppy!

OK, I feel better now.

Terry Farrell
Piano Tuning & Service
Tampa, Florida
mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Carol R. Beigel" <crbrpt@bellatlantic.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2001 9:19 PM
Subject: Re: SAT II and Al Sanderson


> Terry wrote:
> "I haven't done it myself, but I did send mine to a guy named Al
Sanderson.
> He has done others before. Not only did he change the capacitor, but he
> totally upgraded my software. Trust me. He knows what he is doing. You
might
> want to consider it. He doesn't charge much either."
>
> Dr. Al Sanderson is the inventor of the Sight O Tuner and the Accutuner.
We
> in PTG have been blessed with his interest in piano tuning, as well as his
> membership in the guild,  as he was/is a professor of physics at MIT (?).
> It was he who pioneered the graphing of what a proper piano tuning looked
> like.  So many of us owe so much to this man who has probably
> single-handedly contributed more to our profession and livelihood than has
> been properly acknowleged.
>
> Carol Beigel, RPT
> Greenbelt, Maryland
>
>
>