Electronic Tuner for Pennywhistle?

Kingfisher · Post by **Kingfisher** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 5:32 pm

Another vote for the Korg CA-30. I never imagined that I would be with the popular choice , on this one. The two things that make it "work" for me is it's reliability and portability. I just stick it in my shirt pocket and drag it out whenever I feel the need. I'ts there when I need it !!

Have a Great Day and Fun Whistling !!

Emrys · Post by **Emrys** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 8:36 pm

Thanks folks for the advice. I've been resisting buying a tuner for 35 years. (I'm a professional piano tuner, trained to tune by ear.) But when it comes to getting those first notes right on the whistle, yeaowww! By the way, I just got two gorgeous whistles today from Mike Burke -- a low A and low G!

Post by **Dale** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 8:11 pm

talimirr743 wrote:I agree with Wanderer, I use a Korg and its always very accurate.

Was in the market for a tuner, found this thread, and ordered the Korg. Amazon.com is now selling assorted musical instrument items in association with certain merchants. Anyway, I ordered it through amazon.com and it was $15.

Dale

Wanderer · Post by **Wanderer** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 9:33 pm

DaleWisely wrote:
talimirr743 wrote:I agree with Wanderer, I use a Korg and its always very accurate.
Was in the market for a tuner, found this thread, and ordered the Korg. Amazon.com is now selling assorted musical instrument items in association with certain merchants. Anyway, I ordered it through amazon.com and it was $15.

Dale

Cool..just be careful about some merchants through Amazon. I think Lark in the Morning has a straight $10.00 shipping fee, so a $15.00 tuner becomes $25.00, no cheaper than anywhere else.

Adrian · Post by **Adrian** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 11:12 pm

Korg CA20

Adrian

Impempe · Post by **Impempe** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 1:35 am

Yup - Korg CA-30 it is. I use mine for bagpipes, whistles and trumpet. It covers the whole range that I need. Find a local music store and save on shipping. They really are popular and most stores I know of stock them.

Chiffed · Post by **Chiffed** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 8:57 pm

Garage sale strobotuner multi. Anything else just gives you a rough estimate.
Then again, most tuners don't weigh 23lbs.

Whistling Willie · Post by **Whistling Willie** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 12:20 pm

I use a Seiko St-747 no problems with it.

missy · Post by **missy** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 2:29 pm

I've used the Korg and the Seiko with no problems (we used them for our dulcimers, too). I, personally like the Seiko better - it seems to be a little more "stabile", and I like the 9V instead of the AAA batteries (longer life). It also picks up my bass dulcimer notes better - but that's not a problem for playing whistles.

Chiffed · Post by **Chiffed** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 9:18 pm

Korg used to make a beast of a machine - about the size of a small hardcover book - that also had a metronome. It was an analog display, and it was the only tuner that could read a piccolo, dulcimer, or contrabass clarinet with equal ease. If you see one at a garage sale, get it. I also find that an analog needle display is easier than little winkie LCD blobs.

mutepointe · Post by **mutepointe** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 12:37 pm

dear folks:

for how nit-picky i can be to get my guitar in tune with a tuner, when it comes to a pennywhistle, i prefer to adjust the pitch to what sounds best with the other instruments that i'm playing with. the other musician's don't have the capability and it's a whole lot quicker for me to adjust than for them to adjust. there is quite a variance of tone by how a note is blown (as one of you mentioned) so it's not so much getting the pennywhistle in tune as it is getting myself in tune and there isn't a tuning slide on me, at least anywhere i've looked.

regis

swizzlestick · Post by **swizzlestick** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 1:03 pm

I just picked up one of these little Korg tuners. As a beginner, I find that it is helping me understand the nature of my whistles and how hard I need to blow to get them in tune.

Redwolf · Post by **Redwolf** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 1:21 pm

I love my Korg. The only gripe I have is with the documentation...if I'd had to rely on that to use it, I'd still be struggling with it. Fortunately, once you start using it, it's pretty intuitive. The instructions make it sound a lot more complicated than it is!

Redwolf

Tommy · Post by **Tommy** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 1:35 pm

fluti31415 wrote:Korg -- I have had mine for about 15 years (they were quite expensive back then), and it has served me well. Even after being thrown against the wall a few times.

I had my first Korg for many years and it never failed. Till I left in my shirt pocket, and it went through the washing machine and dryer. It came out clean, and looked new again. But it did not know what it was doing.
I bought a new Korg 30 to take its place.

FJohnSharp · Post by **FJohnSharp** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 1:44 pm

I just got a Korg metronome/tuner combo for Christmas. Love it.