Accu-Tweaker anomoly

[Ron Berry]

>
>      I've noticed that the LED's on my Accu-Tuner are reluctant to
>      "light up" on a certain note. I'm not talking about the
>      rotational pattern; rather, the lights don't come on at all.
>      Except for the note/octave LCD display, you'd think the machine
>      had been turned off!
>

>      I'm now beginning to think it's the same note, B5, and that it
>      happens regardless of what tuning page I'm on, and regardless of
>      the piano being tuned.

I have noticed this also and it is mainly B5.  I think the reason it
is hard to get a reading is that it is reading a higher partial than
the C6 next to it.  I think that the upper partials begin to get weak
in the treble and makes it hard to get a reading.  By moving the SAT
I can usually get a better reading for that note.  It is sometimes
the A and A#5 as well.

Ron
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