On Sat, 6 Aug 2011 17:02:07 -0400, William Brohinsky wrote > lute@cs.dartmouth.edu > > On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 6:16 AM, Garry Warber > <garrywar...@hughes.net> wrote: > > Anyone know of an electronic tuner that calibrates to a=392? > > I have a turbotuner (http://www.turbo-tuner.com/pages/features.htm). > A4 can be set anywhere between 220hz and 880hz. You can put your own > temperaments into it, set up "open tunings" for any instrument you > please. I have tunings for my viols (including the 7-string) and when > I was playing the theorboed LSO at Uconn set two presets, one for the > lute open strings, and another for the diapasons. It responds well to > lute strings when left on the floor, unless everyone else is playing. > Then, any small electret mic (like you can get at radio shack, if > they haven't gone totally decadent again) with a 1/4" plug or > adapter held near the lute top does a pretty good job of discriminating.
Yes, an awfully nice tuner - but unfortunately the ST-122 is "Out of stock until further notice" for at least a year now. Too bad. Cheers, RalfD > ray > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- R. Mattes - Hochschule fuer Musik Freiburg r...@inm.mh-freiburg.de
