Klarinet Archive - Posting 001132.txt from 1999/03

From: "Marty Marks" <RxReed@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Tuners - what's a good one to buy?
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 01:20:23 -0500

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From: James P Reed <James.P.Reed@-----.net>
Date: Sunday, March 21, 1999 12:03 AM
Subject: Re: [kl] Tuners - what's a good one to buy?

>Marty stated:
>
>> Bill and Chris - All these tuners including the Seiko ST747 if
>> placed side by side will tune exactly the same. They only differ in
>> features. Inside they use the same tuning chips which are
>> manufactured to respond to certain pitches. They may stop working,
>> but I have never seen one go out of tune. If someone has heard of
>> an out of tune tuner, please explain how it could happen.
>
>Marty, what I'm having trouble with on my ST747 is it reads one note
>below whatever I'm playing when I use it on auto and it reads more than
>50 cents flat on any note I try manually. Certainly, I'm willing to
>accept I don't know what I'm doing when I try operating it manually but
>I can't accept it being one note off whenever I try it on auto.
>
>Any suggestions or comments you might have about this would be
>appreciated. I'm certainly no mechanical nor electronic wizard but it
>seems that a better quality tuner would at least register the correct
>note on auto. And, no I haven't dropped or thrown it YET!
>
>Jim
>
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>OK Jim - But you didn't say originally that you were playing exactly 50
cents flat to the tuner or exactly one note off. You only stated that you
were flat to the tuner. I am sorry for the misunderstanding. If this is
the case and you have checked the instructions that came with the tuner
concerning
calibration and it is calibrated to A=440(if that is the pitch you are
striving for) then I would agree that your tuner is defective. The
calibration of the tuner could be faulty. If you have only owned the tuner
for a couple of weeks you could return it to where you bought it for a
replacement. You could even return it for a different make or model. If you
have owned it longer than a couple of weeks, every tuner comes with at
least a one year warranty and the instructions will tell you where to return
it for repair. They will usually not repair the unit, but send you a new
one.
The problem you are having with your tuner is not common, so chances are the
replacement would work properly.
Marty

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