Sanderson Accu-Tuner IV
Here are a few pictures of the new Sanderson Accu-Tuner IV.
This particular one may still be a prototype.
Sanderson Accu-Tuner IV as it came to me on Friday 11/07/08.
The Pelican case is really really solid. This new SAT IV could take a pop, or a drop, or a kick, and it looks like it could even be waterproof! We have all gotten used to being pretty careful how we store, lift and carry our SATs. No More! With this new SAT IV, it will be easy to just shut it up and toss it into almost any type of carrying case ~ with out any fear of damage from any other tools. (I expect the finished product will have the Inventronics, Inc. SAT IV label on it instead of the Pelican 1040 label).
Opening it up reveals a new display window, bigger buttons with different labels, and a brand new USB port.
Just to mention a few new things here. . . The display is backlighted now, and the brightness can be raised or lowered or turned on or off at the users discretion. Also, there is a signal strength bar in the window which shows the strength of the partial the SAT IV is listening to when tuning.
The new display also allows displaying of the complete header of the tuning. There are also ‘Help’ menus that can be viewed in the display that cover various functions of the SAT IV.
And as you can see, since this is a totally enclosed piece of electronics, all the inputs and outputs, as well as the microphone are on this display half of the new SAT IV.
Here is a larger picture of a portion of the display half with the USB port circled in red.
The Sanderson Accu-Tuner IV comes with the Piano Librarian software.
The Piano Librarian software allows the SAT IV to connect to your computer via USB.
Here is a full view of the display half
Currently the memory of the SAT IV has protected locations for all of Inventronic’s Generic Tunings, and pages for: a custom Pitch Raise over pull page; 8 pages for Sequences; enough pages for storing 28 different temperaments; and the PTG Tuning Esam. There are 122 of what I will call ‘UNprotected’ pages of memory. Again, this arrangement may be related to the prototype nature of this SAT IV.
The Keyboard half is next
One of the new features is the ability to cut and paste tunings from the keyboard of the SAT IV. This cutting and pasting allows us to move a tuning to a different location and then modify it during tuning thru DOB or offsets, or whatever, and still leave the original version unscathed and in it’s original location.
The bottom of the SAT IV has a heavy-duty and ‘sticky’ pad. The new SAT IV will NOT scoot around nor will it damage the surface of whatever it sits on. And the SAT IV can easily be placed in a number of locations in and on the piano. The ability to open the lid flat or 90 degrees or closed or anywhere in between should make the display easy to see and adjust for any glare. Again, this new ‘clamshell’ design is built really tough.
There are a number of new features and tweaks. I will write more about it later. I have yet to tune a piano with it. But I thougt you might like to get a peek at it in its present form. I think it will be priced @ $1500 (includes: foot pedal, and bat charger, Piano Libraian software, USB cable, and Instructions manuals)
Thanks for your interest. If you have any questions or inquiries give me a call and we can talk about it.
Bob Conrad (520) 784-1549
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