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Author: bawa
Date: 2004-12-22 09:15
Hello,
My daughter's band director has asked them to add a tuner to their Xmas stocking list, if they haven't got one.
Any idea on makes, types available out their?
Also, my daughter plays clarinet in Bb as well as Eb, plus
would the same one work for a violin (which is what my son plays?)
Thanks in advance, as Ir ealise the questions are very simple for all the people on this board.
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Author: Matt Locker
Date: 2004-12-22 13:11
bawa:
The Korg CA-30 is a great tuner for the price. I paid $12. The Seiko ST-747 is really good also but probably not available. I bought mine for $25 4 years ago. I would trust whatever has succeeded it also.
MOO
Matt
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Author: John J. Moses
Date: 2004-12-22 13:17
As I mentioned in an earlier post:
This Trainer would be a nice gift for any student, or young professional.
An interesting new audio devise enables you to play along with any existing CD, at any speed, slower or faster, without affecting the pitch.
On some of the newer units you can "bury" or "lose" the melody line, or solo part, and play along with the accompaniment only. So, you listen to the CD, slow it down, play along with the soloist, then "lose" the solo, and continue to practice as soloist with your CD.
I recently bought a TASCAM Portable CD Bass Trainer for my daughter, who plays Bass guitar in a Heavy Metal Band (named "1337"). She has put the Trainer to good use by quickly learning all the solo Bass lines to her Band's favorite tunes. The CD trainer costs about $150, and is well worth it. It's actually a very professional audio system for its size and price.
Check out:
http://tascam.com/indexTASCAM.html
JJM
Légère Artist
Clark W. Fobes Artist
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Author: Fred
Date: 2004-12-22 13:34
One feature you might not have thought of for deciding which tuner to buy is what kind of batteries it takes. I have a very nice tuner, but when it is borrowed at rehearsals and left on, the button batteries run down and I don't have those in stock at the house. My next one will take AA or AAA batteries.
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Author: Mrs. Redfern
Date: 2004-12-22 14:35
I have a Korg something, it cost 20 bucks, and it works just fine for me. I have to be in tune cuz I'm the 'concert mistress' which makes me sound like I'm sleeping with our director, but that's beside the point. haha.
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Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2004-12-22 14:36
John -
I assume you know enough "Leetspeak" to decipher the meaning of "1337." It's almost as much fun as pig-latin.
Ken Shaw
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Author: Hank Lehrer
Date: 2004-12-22 14:43
Hi,
I have the Seiko ST 747 and it is terrific; runs on a 9 volt battery. This tuner or its successor is highly recommended!
HRL
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Author: John O'Janpa
Date: 2004-12-22 14:48
Korg CA-30 is good for the price. Uses common batteries, and turns itself off after a period of inactivity. Korg works for my clarinet and guitar, and is claimed to work for violins and cellos. (Don't see why it wouldn't)
That Tascam CD trainer that JJM pointed out looks great if you are able to spend a little more.
Post Edited (2004-12-22 14:52)
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Author: JoeMich
Date: 2004-12-22 15:07
I have a Seiko 777 that works great, and uses 2 AAA batteries ......... however, dont remember how much I paid for it.
Joe.
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Author: EEBaum
Date: 2004-12-22 17:56
I also like my Korg. Whatever brand you get, make sure its range is high enough. My first tuner, which I promptly returned, didn't register any of the altissimo.
-Alex
www.mostlydifferent.com
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Author: bawa
Date: 2004-12-23 10:37
Dear All,
Thanks fort he tip, the Korg was offered to me at the shop, and the price sounds about the same as you mentioned, so that should be OK. They also had a Yamaha, but I will look out for the Seiko, if they have one.
Happy Xmas everyone.
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Author: Sylvain
Date: 2004-12-24 15:40
Two things that I recommend when buying a tuner.
Get one that has a needle not a digital one. They are easier to read.
Get one that can play sounds. It's very useful to hear a pitch try to match it then watch if you palyed it in tune.
--
Sylvain Bouix <sbouix@gmail.com>
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Author: Contra
Date: 2004-12-24 22:42
Mine is a little $9 Lock-On tuner. It's pretty basic, since there are only three lights to tell you if you are flat, in tune, or sharp. It will tell you what note you're playing (in concert pitch), though. It's been good enough for me for the past few years. Plus, it's purple.
Post Edited (2004-12-24 22:43)
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Author: Igloo Bob
Date: 2004-12-25 04:42
Aha. Leetspeak. The language of 13-year-old AOLers and video game message boarders. Never thought I'd see it mentioned here. XD
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Author: Bill
Date: 2005-08-14 16:43
I had a very frustrating experience with my "Matrix" chromatic tuner today. It keeps informing me my A5, B5, and C5 are as sharp as the dial can go (6 cents or whatever). None of my tones are below (or even "at") the center mark. (1) Yes, it is calibrated at 440, (2) yes I used a lower-pitch mouthpiece (Chedeville), and (3) yes I tried a couple of different reeds (and three B-flat clarinets).
Just because I was so mad at the thing, I decided to see if it would tell me I was sharp at A=445. It did, but (acording to "it") I was not *as* sharp as at 440. What troubled me was that the intonation "relationships" between tones changed (according to the tuner) as I hit the different calibrations on the thing. Nothing was consistent.
Is it time to upgrade? One thing: the clarinets tested were old Buffets (no, they were not HP's). I did finally test a an old Leblanc "Symphonie," but, alas, even the Leblanc, whose (possibly) only claim to fame is nicer intonation, failed to please my tuner.
I'm not a reed pincher, but a rather slack double-lip player. I could not get the machine to tell me I was "in tune."
Bill.
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Author: Eric T
Date: 2005-08-14 21:15
On the subject of accuracy, the Korg tuners seem to be extremely so--I have two of them, and if I set the pitch levels at 440 and 441, I can easily hear the "beat" difference between the two at one per second...At the very least, they are accurate in relation to each other.
ET
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Author: Burt
Date: 2005-08-14 22:17
I have a Korg CA-30 (uses 2 AAA batteries) and an old QuikTune (uses a 9-volt battery). Both work fine.
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Author: WorldIRC
Date: 2005-08-15 04:11
Kork CA-30...my most popular seller at work for that pricerange
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Author: pewd
Date: 2005-08-15 05:03
if you have some old tuning forks around, they're great for testing your tuner; or proving to students that its them not the tuner
- Paul Dods
Dallas, Texas
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Author: clarinetmaniac101
Date: 2005-08-15 06:19
well the seiko chromatic tuner works very well wich I have and payed $30.00 for and it is worth all the money. It has a manual and automatic chromatic mode A0-C8 tunnig range, C4-B4 sound generation and C,Bflat, F and Eflat key transposition and Pitch shift A4=415Hz, 435-446Hz. Just something for you to decide on. I do recommend this tuner and korg chromatic tuners are good too. Good luck.
Rashad
*clarinet
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