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Ways to mount Mini Ipad for ETD use

  • 1.  Ways to mount Mini Ipad for ETD use

    Posted 07-25-2019 11:23
    like the title says...any ideas?

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    Jim Ialeggio
    grandpianosolutions.com
    Shirley, MA
    978 425-9026
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  • 2.  RE: Ways to mount Mini Ipad for ETD use

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 07-25-2019 12:45
    I always go with OtterBox: for the 5th gen iPad Mini: https://www.otterbox.com/en-us/ipad-mini--5th-gen-/defender-series/apl2-ipad19.html#start=1

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    Patrick Draine
    Billerica MA
    978-663-9690
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  • 3.  RE: Ways to mount Mini Ipad for ETD use

    Posted 07-25-2019 13:29
    Pat,  where do you put in on a grand?...in the pinfield?

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    Jim Ialeggio
    grandpianosolutions.com
    Shirley, MA
    978 425-9026
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  • 4.  RE: Ways to mount Mini Ipad for ETD use

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 07-25-2019 18:38
    I just used a bluetooth keyboard, that held it up at an angle. There are plenty of places to put it. Using my phone, I just find a place to prop it, or lie it on its back, depending what angle I want to look at. Never really a problem.

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    Fred Sturm
    University of New Mexico
    fssturm@unm.edu
    http://fredsturm.net
    http://www.artoftuning.com
    "We either make ourselves happy or miserable. The amount of work is the same." - Carlos Casteneda
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  • 5.  RE: Ways to mount Mini Ipad for ETD use

    Posted 07-25-2019 12:55
    I made a mount using a socked that would fit over a tuning pin, don't remember the size. To that was attached a cheap ball mount off of a cheap tripod.  A wood base with neoprene pad. Cut into that is a strong magnet.  My ipod case has a piece of metal attached.  The magnet and metal piece never actually touch, but there is plenty of strenth to hold the ipad against the mount. It would easily hold a Ipad Mini.  
    Holds my ETD


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    Jeffrey Gegner
    Tipton IN
    765-860-5900
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  • 6.  RE: Ways to mount Mini Ipad for ETD use

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 07-25-2019 13:33
    Jeff,

    Do you worry at all about having a strong magnet close to the iPad? Wouldn't that affect the workings of the iPad?

    Richard West






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  • 7.  RE: Ways to mount Mini Ipad for ETD use

    Posted 07-26-2019 10:55
    Not an issue.  Iphones etc have many magnetic mounts.  Never had an issue.  I do keep it so the magnet doesn't actually touch the ipod but that is basically so its easier to remove.  Magnets really are not a problem for any electronics.



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  • 8.  RE: Ways to mount Mini Ipad for ETD use

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 07-26-2019 11:01
    Thanks for that information. I've heard that magnets and electronics aren't good together. I carry one of those magnetic pick up tools and I have tried to keep it away from my Accutuner. Maybe I don't have to worry about that any more. It's hard to break old ideas and superstitions, though.

    Richard



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  • 9.  RE: Ways to mount Mini Ipad for ETD use

    Posted 07-25-2019 20:55
    Here's the setup I use. Just a tablet case that I place at various places on the plate.



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    "That Tuning Guy"
    Scott Kerns
    www.thattuningguy.com
    Tunic OnlyPure, TuneLab & PianoMeter user
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  • 10.  RE: Ways to mount Mini Ipad for ETD use

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 07-27-2019 13:39
    Scott beat me to it. I use something similar: a case by Speck.
    Works well everywhere.

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    Scott Cole, RPT
    rvpianotuner.com
    Talent, OR
    (541-601-9033
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  • 11.  RE: Ways to mount Mini Ipad for ETD use

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 07-27-2019 16:29
    I use basically the same concept as both Scotts do, with the exception that mine is not magnetic or snap on. The iPad is held in place by a leather sleeve around the outer edges. Less than $15 from Amazon if I remember correctly.

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    Benjamin Sanchez, RPT
    Piano Technician / Artisan
    (805) 315-8050
    www.professional-piano-services.com
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  • 12.  RE: Ways to mount Mini Ipad for ETD use

    Posted 08-02-2019 18:57
    Here's what I ended up doing...actually I flexed and went with an Iphone, instead of the mini Ipad, but the same set up works with a mini Ipad camera mount I have as well.  Took a cheap camera type mount, made a brass nipple with 3/8 x 30 male threads, 1/4 x 20 female threads, turned in a 1/4 bolt and bent it to a nice angle. The 3/8 x 30 threads screw into a watanabe tip, Works nicely. It is quite steady, and allows me to touch the screen without flexing the thing or tipping it over.
      




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    Jim Ialeggio
    grandpianosolutions.com
    Shirley, MA
    978 425-9026
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  • 13.  RE: Ways to mount Mini Ipad for ETD use

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 08-02-2019 19:03
    Will it actually turn the pin for you?

    Richard West

    PS:  If only....






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  • 14.  RE: Ways to mount Mini Ipad for ETD use

    Posted 08-02-2019 19:10
    That's what the phone's vibrate thingee does...I bet you didn't know that!   Only thing is, I have to receive one call for each pin...might slow things down having 288 conversations while the phone is diligently tuning the piano.

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    Jim Ialeggio
    grandpianosolutions.com
    Shirley, MA
    978 425-9026
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  • 15.  RE: Ways to mount Mini Ipad for ETD use

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 08-02-2019 20:01
    Great way to keep in touch! Which person is your A440?

    Richard






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  • 16.  RE: Ways to mount Mini Ipad for ETD use

    Posted 08-02-2019 20:51
    I think A440 is the robo call timeshare in god-knows-where.  Its very reliable, you can set your watch by it...calls several times a day, just to make sure I'm properly calibrated, I think.

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    Jim Ialeggio
    grandpianosolutions.com
    Shirley, MA
    978 425-9026
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