Re: [Harp-L] Need to buy a tuner (was New Hering Diatonic Harp?)

[Joe and Cass Leone <leone@xxxxxxxx>]

On Mar 27, 2007, at 9:44 AM, Tim Moyer wrote:

> Joe Leone wrote:
> > I have a 16 year old Seiko st1000. $95 samoleons. I think it's
> > too sensitive.  Find something that has a 'damper' in it (in
> > much the same way that a drug scale has a damper to keep it
> > from swinging wildly).
>
> I have a Korg OT-12 that has an analog needle, and some interesting
> features like a tone generator and a "sound bacK" feature that will
> detect the closest incoming note and play it back in perfect pitch.
> Of course, it's calibration is adjustable, and the scale is
> graduated in both Hz and cents.

I have a tone generator too but it's fixed to whatever scale (440,  
441, etc) you set it to. The calibration is adjustable and it does  
read in Herzogs & centitones, BUT there's no way to dampen it. Pretty  
lame for a 100 dollar unit.

I have an annoyingly deep monotone pulsating voice with a built in  
quaver and have trouble giving a steady tone anyway, so I could use  
the extra help. In extreme cases, I have used a 'fish filter' pump  
with a reversible valve set up. Several people have told me a fish  
pump won't give out enough to activate harmonica reeds. Well, it will  
if it's originally from 107 gal tank.

>   But to Smo's point above, it has
> a "fast/medium/slow" response setting that can help keep it from
> bouncing all over the place.
>
> One thing I always do it set the note I'm looking for (rather than
> letting it auto-detect), and also to use the contact mic to prevent
> spurious sounds from interfering with the response.

I'm not a precise tuner like those on this list who KNOW. I set an  
'Olds 442', and go with that till the needle is centered. I am not so  
high up the food chain that a little bit this way or that would  
matter. He!!, it wouldn't matter whether I tuned at all. :)

jJo-Zeppi


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