Electronic Tuning Classes

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Tuning with the Verituner

Dave Carpenter, RPT

Dave Carpenter, RPT - Verituner

Dave CarpenterDave is the lead designer of the Verituner electronic tuning devices and president of Veritune, Inc. Combining his skills and interests, Dave embarked on the development of a new tuning device in 1998, and since has enjoyed spending the majority of his time supporting and improving the product line. Dave is a frequent instructor at PTG conventions and seminars, and an RPT member and past president of the PTG Chicago Chapter.

The Verituner is now available on the high performance iPhone, iPod, and iPad devices from Apple. We will demonstrate how to perform pitch raises, fine tuning, setting standard pitch, temperament, custom stretch styles, and saving tunings. Learn the best practices for using the Verituner to give the best tuning on any piano with the fewest steps.

Introduction to the SMARTER Reyburn CyberTuner for iPhone/iPod/iPad

Carl Lieberman, RPT

Carl Lieberman, RPT

Carl has been a piano technician in Los Angeles since 1972, passed his RPT exams in 1979 and has 38 years tuning experience. He studied aural tuning with David Safir and learned repair, regulation and voicing skills in David's shop at Pianos Wholesale. Carl tuned aurally only until 1981 and has been integrating both aural and electronic tuning since taking an ear opening class from Steve Fairchild. He studied math and computers eons ago at UC Berkeley and is a member of the Reyburn CyberTuner Development Team. He has worked for 3 local Yamaha dealers and has tuned for countless concerts and recording sessions. www.reyburn.com

In this class we will be using the NEW iRCT for Apple iOS. We quickly cover RCT basics, and then demonstrate using RCT's Smart Partials analyzing a piano's inharmonicity to create smoother transitions at the breaks. We also explore basics such as quick, accurate pitch raises, and converging the ear's aural preferences with a machine's digital decision making using RCT's Custom Equalizer and Pianalyzer tools.

Basics of Tuning with the Accu-Tuner

Paul Sanderson

Paul Sanderson, President of Inventronics, Inc.

Paul SandersonPaul has been involved with the production of the Sanderson Accu-Tuner since its beginning in 1982. As Al Sanderson retired from Inventronics, Paul transitioned to be responsible for the Accu-Tuner from development to production and distribution. Paul oversees all phases to assure that the SAT continues to be the finest electronic tuning aid in the industry.  When Al passed away in November 2008, the continuation of Inventronics and the Accu-Tuner was already mapped out. Paul, his wife Wendy and three children have seen quite a change since starting production with Al in the family basement in 1982. Paul, Brian Day and Donna Goulet work together to keep their customers happy.

For the technician that is not familiar with the Accu-Tuner or wanting to learn more of the features of the Accu-Tuner. We will cover the basics: how the lights work, selecting a page in memory and using the stored tunings. How to create and store 88-note tunings in memory at pitch or offset, using the automatic pitch-raise feature. The Sanderson Accu-Tuner I, II & III will be shown, if time permits we can venture further to using the adjustable octave-width control to vary the amount of octave stretch as desired. There will be plenty of time for questions and answers.

Advanced features of the Accu-Tuner IV

Paul Sanderson

Paul Sanderson, President of Inventronics, Inc.

Paul SandersonPaul has been involved with the production of the Sanderson Accu-Tuner since its beginning in 1982. As Al Sanderson retired from Inventronics, Paul transitioned to be responsible for the Accu-Tuner from development to production and distribution. Paul oversees all phases to assure that the SAT continues to be the finest electronic tuning aid in the industry.  When Al passed away in November 2008, the continuation of Inventronics and the Accu-Tuner was already mapped out. Paul, his wife Wendy and three children have seen quite a change since starting production with Al in the family basement in 1982. Paul, Brian Day and Donna Goulet work together to keep their customers happy.

The Accu-Tuner IV has taken the features of previous Accu-Tuners and is moving forward with new features. In this class we will cover the new menu system, varying pitch raise overshoot, early music temperaments, sequences, loading/offloading tunings to memory with Piano Librarian software.  Come and see how you can use the Accu-Tuner IV to lighten your work load.