Accu-Tweaker anomoly

[Walter Sikora]

When this happens, I find that plucking the note with my fingernail gives a
good clear reading.

Walter Sikora, Chapel Hill, NC
RPT in the RTP


On Sun, 4 Feb 1996, Ron Berry wrote:

>
> >
> >      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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