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Author: ClarenceT
Date: 2003-03-23 21:40
the CA30 gives a tuning pitch...but are there any other differences/advantages?
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Author: Clarence
Date: 2003-03-23 22:47
ClarenceT,
If the Korg line doesn't work out, try the Seiko ST 757. It has basic features but works great.
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Author: Jim E.
Date: 2003-03-24 03:49
I own a 20, I've had a 30 in my hands, I couldn't see much operational diference, but the controls were in diferent positions.
BTW, the 20 also gives the pitch, in concert key.
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Author: Rene
Date: 2003-03-24 05:31
Clearance, I think it beeps the 440 Hz, or whatever it is calibrated to, to the poor user, though I do not own one. Mine is a CA20, which works just fine.
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Author: Marge
Date: 2003-03-24 07:02
I bought a CA-30 during the past year, via ebay for about $15. The CA-30 *MAY* be a successor model to the CA-20. One can set the 30's calibration for 440 or evidently just about any other setting that might be practical. (It goes at least down to 430 and up to 450, and I didn't check any further.)
One can play any note and the 30 will state the name of the note and show by a needle dial (if that's the term) whether it's right on pitch or how far (in cents) flat or sharp it is. It also has 3 lights, to indicate flatness, on pitch, or sharpness.
One can also choose to have the 30 sound a pitch, with 12-13 notes (octave) possible. I've not used this feature.
I've been perfectly well satisfied with mine--no need for anything fancier. It's very compact--about credit-card size and quite thin (about 1/2"). It fits easily on a music stand, in a pocket, or wherever.
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Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2003-03-24 14:27
Clarence -
I like my CA30. It has an easily accessible A, with a switch to Bb by pushing a button. It will also rather clumsily sound the other chromatic pitches. You have to hold a button down for a couple of seconds and then step through the chromatic scale to the note you want. The instruction sheet shows how. It's OK for occasional use, but for regular use you need something more convenient.
Best regards.
Ken Shaw
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Author: Marge
Date: 2003-03-24 16:10
I never use mine in the mode that Ken mentions as not being convenient, which indeed seems the case. Instead, I just turn it on and blow whatever note(s) I want to check the tuning for, whether C5 (for concert band tuning) or throat G or whatever. The 30 shows how accurate (or not) my pitch is on any note, without having to mess with any buttons (other than the one to turn it on).
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