Re: [Harp-L] electronic tuners

[Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx>]

I use a Peterson VS-II virtual strobe. This is easily portable, and gives me the kind of helpful detail I can't seem to get from a needle or LED based tuner. 

It stores multiple temperaments, but I prefer to work with offsets from 12TET. 

I can set the pitch level in tenths of a Hertz, and I can set offsets in cents from that. So if I want to tune a harp to 19-limit just at A=441.5 Hz, I can set the pitch level globally, then for the note I'm working on, I can offset it 2 cents sharp, 14 cents flat, or whatever, and tune to that.

The virtual strobe display can be very helpful in tuning octaves, as you can see a visual representation of what's in or out of tune between the two notes. It's helped me train my ear to detect minute amounts of sharp of flat on a particular note, where before all I could hear was in or out of tune.

Why this specific model? It was available used on eBay at a good price.

Winslow

Winslow Yerxa

Author, Harmonica For Dummies ISBN 978-0-470-33729-5

--- On Fri, 1/2/09, Robert Hale <ynfdwas@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Robert Hale <ynfdwas@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Harp-L] electronic tuners
To: "Harp-L@Harp-L. Org" <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Friday, January 2, 2009, 6:49 AM

Harp Tuners:
what electronic tuner are you using? and why?
Thanks.          

Robert Hale, "the Duke Of Wail"
http://www.dukeofwail.com/
Gilbert, Arizona
480-720-8897
gr8-hrp.2nt@xxxxxxx
(say "Great Harp Tonight")

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