Klarinet Archive - Posting 001133.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 01:36:12 -0500

-----Original Message-----
From: Joshua Gates <jogates@-----.edu>
Date: Sunday, March 21, 1999 12:27 AM
Subject: Re: [kl] Tuners - what's a good one to buy?

>>
>> 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.
>>
>
>Jim,
> Please don't take offense at this question, but when you say it's reading
>one note below what you are playing, are you taking into account that
>you're playing a Bb instrument(I'm assuming), and it will give you back the
>concert pitch of what you are playing?
>
>Sincerely,
>Joshua Gates
>Principal Clarinet, New River Valley SO
>
>Hi Joshua - Now that makes sense. I wish I had thought of that before I
advised him to return it for repair or replacement. I thought he realized
that his clarinet is a transposing instrument. I always get into trouble
when I assume these things.
Marty Marks
>
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