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Summary of Contents for STROBOCONN

Page 1: ...PIANO TUNERS MANUAL HOW TO USE THE IN PIANO TUNING CONN Conn Corporation Elkhart Indiana...

Page 2: ...PIANO TUNERS MANUAL HOW TO USE THE IN PIANO TUNING CONN Conn Corporation EI kha rt India na Copyright 1956 by c G Conn Ltd Revised 1963...

Page 3: ...tion Indicator _ _ __ _ _ __ __ _ _ _ __ 8 TUNING THE PIANO__ _ __ _ __ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ __ 9 1 Placing the Stroboconn in Position__ _ __ __ _ _ 9 2 Locating the Microphone _ __ _ __ __ _ 9 3 Tuning P...

Page 4: ...for quick checks to see if any accidental change has occurred 9 Many tuners are getting higher prices for Strobo conn tunings 10 Although this is a simplification and extension of a technique already...

Page 5: ...e 2 The Complele SIroboconn Model 6T 3 5 Power Switch 9 AC Connector 6 AC Power Cable 10 Tuning Unit 7 Interconnection Cable 11 Scanning Windows 8 Tuning Unit Scale Sharp 12 Key Signature Window Side...

Page 6: ...ile a high order of accuracy is attained the process of measurement is simple and rapid and the readings are obtained directly without further computation or reduction The appearance of the Stroboconn...

Page 7: ...tandard then all strings would pro scale is calibrated in hundredths of a semitone referred uce stationary patterns with the pointer at 20 to hereafter as cents that is l lOOth of a semitone l Obvious...

Page 8: ...16 18 IE IU OF ll til Z Figure 6 Shown here is a drawing of a piano keyboard with the seven octaves separated Lines connect the octaves with the corresponding octave band in the Stroboconn window For...

Page 9: ...PAGE EIGHT reading in a neighboring window For example a high pitch A of 457 cycles per second which is 66 hundredths of a semitone sharp is read in the A window the reading being 34 hundredths of a...

Page 10: ...uned Most tuners place the airborne mike above the keyboard of the piano and shift it from time to time as they pro ceed up and down the scale The contact microphone is clipped to some part of the pia...

Page 11: ...so an octave is chosen there for setting the temperament Care should be taken that the break or a marked change in string design does not occur within the temperament octave All but one string per key...

Page 12: ...tern to follow or to advise the tuner how he should tune the oc taves with relation to each other Whether or not the up per octaves should be tuned progressively sharp as the scale is ascended and pro...

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