Verituner and Pitch Raises

[Farrell]

If your only reason for purchasing an ETD is for pitch raising, then your
best bet is to buy a used Sanderson Accutuner. It will do everything you
want at a minimal cost. I use the Verituner. I love it. It is wonderful. It
will guide you  to pitch raising wonderfully. But if all you want to do is
pitch raise, then a used Accutuner I, II or III is the most cost-effective
option by far (unless, of course, you use a laptop in your service calls -
then, I suppose, consider Tunelab or RCT).

Don't get a new VT only for pitch raising.

Terry Farrell

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Formsma" <john@formsmapiano.com>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 9:28 AM
Subject: Verituner and Pitch Raises


> I'm trying to figure out if it's worth spending $1500 for the Verituner
> or other needed shop tools and supplies. (I'm quite comfortable with
> aural tuning, but if I get an ETD, it's going to be a Verituner.)
>
> For those out there who use the Verituner, here's a question about the
> pitch raises it calculates.
>
> The Verituner sounds like it can calculate a pitch raise and get the
> piano really close in one pass.
>
> If so, I can definitely see a time-saving advantage of being able to
> raise Mrs. Jones' spinet 100 cents in one pass, then come back in a
> month and do a tuning after things have settled down. Is it that good,
> or are two passes usually necessary as in aural tuning?
>
> How quickly can you do a pitch raise with the Verituner? By comparison,
> I can pitch correct in 15 minutes or so, but I couldn't leave the piano
> in that condition. Even if it took 30-40 minutes for a Verituner pitch
> raise, it would be less time than I currently need for a pitch
> raise/fine tuning.
>
> Has the Verituner made your working life much, much easier; slightly
> easier; or about the same? Has it become a crutch?
>
> Any other thoughts?
>
> John Formsma
>
>
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