James, I think that the key word here is (reliable). While it is possible to use this little book to tune a piano, the results may not be all that easy, well actually until you learn what and how to it never is. The learning curve you know. The PT 100 is still available but not through the supply houses like it once was. While there are still those who use it to tune, they seem to only use it to set the temperment and tune the rest by ear. It uses only a few stretch patterns taken from Yamaha pianos. These patterns do not match up with all the many pianos that you will tune, as the scale of different pianos ie. S&S >/< Kawai. Joe Goss imatunr@srvinet.com www.mothergoosetools.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Gammon" <jtg5f@cms.mail.virginia.edu> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 6:22 PM Subject: Affleck Piano Tuning?(and Yamaha PT100/Verituner) > Affleck Piano Tuning offers an "ebook" on "How to Tune Your Piano." > Is is worth the $19.97? I'm a beginner and interested in getting > information from as many (reliable) sources as I can on tuning pianos > aurally. > > On a completely unrelated note, does Yamaha still make the PT100? Is > this a good tuner? How much do they cost new/used? I can't seem to > find info on them *anywhere* online. (And while we're at it, are > there any used Verituners around?) > > Thanks in advance for all responses! > > james
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