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Once the partial is set up correctly, all that needs to be changed is the cents setting and store.
One tip: it is easier to mark the partial changes on the tuning chart before storing the tuning,
making it harder to forget the partial change while storing the tuning. Continue until the
entire tuning is stored.
UP OR DOWN MEMORY STORAGE
The direction in which the memory advances while storing a tuning can be reversed. When the
Accu-Tuner is first turned on, storing a note setting will increment the note setting to the next
higher semitone. This may not be convenient when tuning and storing the bass notes. To
change the storage direction, hold down the MEM button, hold down the NOTE down button, then
release the MEM button and then release the NOTE down button. This procedure "teaches" the
STO-MEM button that it should store and decrement the note setting. To get back to the normal
direction, repeat the procedure using the NOTE up button instead of the NOTE down button.
MEMORY STORAGE WITH THE FO OT SWITCH
Storing a note to memory ordinarily requires two hands, one to hold the SHIFT button, and one to
press the STO-MEM button. This was done deliberately to make it difficult to store notes acciden-
tally, possibly wiping out a valuable tuning. When storing a piano to memory from a written
record, or tuning and storing a piano as you go, the foot pedal can store the information quickly.
To teach the foot pedal to store notes, hold the foot pedal down, hold down SHIFT button, hold
down STO-MEM, release the foot pedal, then release STO-MEM button, then release the SHIFT
button. Now be sure to use the foot pedal with care, because it will store information into
memory whenever it is pressed, and over write the information that was previously stored at that
location. The display will show “STORE MEMORY” to let you know the footswitch is storing to
memory.
When it is time to stop storing to memory, teach the footswitch a different task: hold down
footswitch, hold down NOTE up, release footswitch, and then release NOTE up.
UP OR DOWN NOTE SWITCH
The direction in which the foot switch progresses across the keyboard can be changed from "up"
to "down" and back again at will. When the Accu-Tuner is first turned on, the foot switch moves
up the keyboard. To change the direction to down, hold the foot switch down, hold the NOTE
down button, release the foot switch, and then release the NOTE down button. This little
procedure "teaches" the foot switch to move down the keyboard instead of up. To reverse the
direction again, repeat the above procedure holding the NOTE up button instead of NOTE down.
TUNING WITHOUT FAC
DIRECT TUNING THE HIGH TREBLE
Tuning the high treble without FAC is relatively easy. The best tuning for each note can be
determined by reference to one, two or three already-tuned notes. These notes lay one octave,
octave-fifth, and two octaves lower than the note being tuned.
1)
Set the Accu-Tuner to the NOTE and OCTAVE of the note being tuned (in TUNE mode).
2)
Play the reference notes one at a time and see how they look on the rotating LEDs.
3)
Step the CENTS up or down until a cents setting that is a good compromise between the
reference notes. A cents setting where some of the reference notes rotate slowly sharp and
some rotate slowly flat.
4)
Then tune the note.
Tuning is more challenging in the last octave because a good compromise may be impossible to
find. Decide which interval will take priority and tune mainly to satisfy its requirements. At this
point many tuners stick to the single octave, but tune one or two cents wide. Others prefer to
