Computer Assisted Customized Aural Tuning Using the SAT III

Description: The Sanderson Accu-Tuner III makes it easier to create customized tunings "on the fly" using the DOB (Double Octave Beat) Control. Learn to compensate for a scale design's inharmonicity and "gaps" more easily and accurately than ever before.

Level: intermediate - advanced

1 class period

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BIO: Christopher Solliday

Chris Solliday RPT, Lehigh Valley, PA Chapter 180; C. Solliday Piano Service

Christopher Solliday began the study of piano technology and tuning in 1974 in Philadelphia under the guidance of Merrill Jackson. He completed the Steinway and Yamaha factory training programs and later David Stanwood's Touch Design course. Chris has run a successful piano service business in the Lehigh Valley, PA area for over 30 years. Currently he specializes in grand action renovations and is a licensed Precision TouchDesign Installer. He recently developed the piano service business management software "ExecuKey" with his partner programmer Sean Boyer. A RPT member since 1976, he has served as PTG Chapter 180 president for over ten years, been director and co-director of past PA State Conventions, currently serves as a MARC Board member and has served as a member/chairperson on national committees. He has been an instructor at all levels of the PTG. Chris was a piano teacher from 1976 until 1995 and has been a professional pianist since 1965. He served as a church pianist 1982-1992 and owned a small hotel/jazz club in the Pocono Mountains, the "Deer Head Inn," from 1992-2005.