OK. Fair enough. I stand corrected. Thank you for being gentle on me! Terry Farrell Piano Tuning & Service Tampa, Florida mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Story" <mark.story@mail.ewu.edu> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Monday, February 26, 2001 5:21 PM Subject: RE: SAT II and Al Sanderson > 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 > > > > > > > >
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