belfast_harper
22 posts
Oct 28, 2008
6:42 AM
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I am looking for a chromatic tunner to use when fine tunning harmonicas, has anyone any suggestions of any turners that will do the job that you dont have to spend big money on?
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belfast_harper
26 posts
Oct 30, 2008
10:19 AM
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cheers, I will try the download version.
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oldwailer
291 posts
Oct 30, 2008
5:06 PM
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I've been messing with tuning a bit--but I'm no pro by any means--anyway, I stumbled onto the Chromatia tuner--I like it fine, but I haven't tried anything else--details at
http://www.fmjsoft.com/chromatia.html
I'm not selling it--just an option--and only $19.95. . .
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Tryharp
63 posts
Jan 08, 2009
4:12 AM
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Hi Guys,
I just got a Korg CA-30 off Ebay for about $30-Aussie. I'd been thinking about getting a chromatic for a while, this one was recommended by Richard Sleigh et al on Harp-L, so I thought I'd give it a go. I'm pretty happy with it, its accurate, compact, divided up into 5 cent divs. I had been using AP Tuner software that can be downloaded for free from here-
http://www.aptuner.com/cgi-bin/aptuner/apmain.html
but I think the Korg is more accurate and easier. After running my harps over this tuner, they are all out of tune to different degrees.
If you are starting out tuning your harps check this site out:
http://www.harmonicasessions.com/feb04/h-workbench.html
and this:
http://www.angelfire.com/music/harmonica/hohnertuningsbyepping.html
I started to tune without enough research, and stuffed it up. Had to end up putting solder on the end of reeds the get the pitch back down. I thought I had ruined my favorite MB in A, but managed to salvage it.
TH
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