Korg OT-120 Orchestral Tuner
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With a chromatic tuner such as this, you could only hope to achieve an amateur level of tuning. The size and nature of each piano's scale are different, as well as the level of inharmonious stretching that each piano experiences. The reason professional piano tuners use software such as Reyburn Cyber Tuner, Verituner, TuneLab, and Accutuner is for this purpose. Using a tuner like this, it is true that the middle 2 octaves will be very close together, but even in this part of the piano there will be some There is also a question of the kind of plus-minus Precision of this tuner is plus or minus 3 cents. Considering that 1 cycle per second at A440 is about 4 cents, this is not accurate enough. Don't believe that you are truly tuning the piano, kids, but have fun none the less. Although this tuner produces excellent sound, I like it because it's very easy to use. The meter is never used by me There's nothing more to it than that.
Thank you for contacting me, It indeed tunes down to 432 when I test it with the tuner. It is hard to see how long it will go down Guessing you are a master of the Baroque? I can find out how far down it can tune (415 or 392). Let me know what you want to Compared to my old one, this tuner is a lot more powerful and does most of the things it used to do All this for less than a third of the cost!
Since I'm on the road without it at the moment, I can assure you that it does not. A fair number of temperaments are available, but unfortunately 1/4 comma meansone is not among There should be only a single comma in You can use D# as well. It seems like I'm playing more and more in quarters these days, so that's kind of poor. However, that is a really good question. My mind wanders when I read this. This has been the best tuner for me, with the exception of the 1/4 comma thing, with which I had to set the frets with a ruler, then make adjustments to whatever keyboard instrument was in use at the time. I have dropped it several times from the music stand, and its batteries have never failed to last.
You can change the pitch of a piece or use a particular temperament by using the Transpose/Temperament button, and all the temperaments listed are not necessarily the same. You can reach this by cycling through the Transpose/Temperament button until the screen is blank. As long as the calculation does not specify either temperament or pitch (C#, D#, D#, etc. ), it will use equal temperament when tuning a piano. The calibration should read A - C.
Selected User Reviews For Korg OT-120 Orchestral Tuner
This received a 4 out of 5 star rating from me. The tuner was easy to use and accurate (depending on the instrument and octave. I used it on piano, and once I reached the fifth octave, when the pitch became much closer, the tuner changed from note to note. A few changes have been made to the The problem is understandable because the internal microphone is used. screen of the device I had was difficult for me to read since I wear sunglasses. The sharp/flat indicator was quite small. You might have a problem using this if your eyesight is not exactly 20/20.
Because of my tinnitus and severe hearing loss, I needed to buy this tuner to use it with my harpsichord. My hearing is getting worse in the higher register and it's difficult to hear the beat frequencies etc. on the high notes. It looks like this Korg Orchestral tuner has the same problem I do in this regard - it seems like it is not able to recognize the pitch. is also not able to hear the high notes The dial does not register anything There are no lights, and the needle does not move. The clip-on I bought was also useful There have been numerous attempts at using a contact mic with it, but none of them have worked so far. This tuner is not an inexpensive item, and it's made by a reputable company. I'm more than a little disappointed.
What you pay for is what you get! With chromatic tuners that read piano scale notes and octaves, tone generators for all 88 notes, a metronome and historical temperaments if you really want to dig in - this is the ultimate chromatic tuneup. I am amazed! You do get what you pay for, even though the price is high This is quality! I needed a bench tuner that could offer all the features I needed as a maker of sound healing (string) instruments. This is the only bench tuner available on the market that offers.
It was made right at the time when it was trending towards analog devices being replaced by digital ones, so I had a Korg chromatic tuner for years. Even though it has a few broken switches, I still use it, but it is kind of bulky, so I ended up shopping There were a couple of things I had in mind An analog meter as well as a digital readout are what I wanted. As often as I do, I work with systems and temperments that are not 12-note, so I needed to be able to "tweak" the pitch reference by cents As far as tone is concerned, temperment is as well. It would be convenient to have a mobile device with a built-in microphone and speaker, as well as input so I could hook up an external clip There's an OT-style moment on Mike. A score of 120 seems to fit all three criteria pretty well. In addition, it includes a number of stock tuning systems The metric system For example, Werkmeister etc. ), but also lets you create your own, in addition to modifying any reference pitch by +/- 1° A 50-word summary Adding a few cents here and there. On the digital readout, there is not only the pitch in scientific notation (C4 = middle C), but also the deviation as well, Another analog meter, which can be centered when your pitch matches the reference pitch, allows you to make some pretty fine gradations of A high degree of accuracy can be found here Comparing the results of this tuner to those from a strobe tuner, it seems to get within 2% of the actual value An average of one cent In the case of non-profits I consider this to be a high-end strobe tuner. Likewise, there is a sensitivity control that regulates the response time to an external signal. One of three levels is available There are three speeds to choose from fast, medium, and When you are working with a source that takes a while to "settle in" to its fundamental pitch, like a long string with a low pitch, this feature is very useful. If you want to lock-in on certain sounds, the "fast" mode comes in handy Instruments that begin playing fairly quickly, such as the wind instrument. There is one thing I'd like to point out about this tuner, however the case is far less well made than my old Korg tuner which has seen a lot of hard use (and abuse) and is still working just fine. Even though the OT did not mention women Despite the fact that it appears in some photos that it has a metal casing, the 120 has a silver case. Its front panel consists of a thin sheet of aluminum with a grey plastic back. Additionally, it's not as heavy as you might think- I've got a duty to perform. If you squeeze slightly with your fingers, you can easily open up the seam in the side, and I get the feeling that I could probably permanently damage the case just by crushing it in my hand. Considering the circumstances in which this device is most likely to be used, this is disappointing. can easily imagine this tuner being killed by a couple of falls from the music stand to the stage floor It will not last as long as my old one, and I seriously doubt it will. Only this resulted in a loss of a star for the tuner. It would have been nice if an AC power supply and an external microphone were included, but these accessories can easily be purchased as add-ons. While the prices of tuners have come down significantly, I still feel they are still very expensive. There have been cost savings of about 50% from what they used to sell for a year or two ago, so the flimsy case construction is somewhat offset by the savings. Yet I would have happily paid $20 more for a real metal case, which would have at least doubled the thickness of the plastic one. In terms of instruments, there are a lot of them. Tuners with fewer features may be more durable than the ones with a lot of features. Even so, for anyone who needs to tune a lot of different types of instruments (because I do) or who needs to be able to design unique tuning tweaks (A=445 instead of 440, for example), this is definitely the most versatile tuner available for the price. This is a great weight case, and I'd be willing to buy another.
In my experience as a self-taught beginner, I have found this instrument to be very valuable and easy to operate. The two boys and wife who play the piano are more talented than I am. The cost of sending out a tuner to our rural location is over $200 per visit, and I think there is only one tuner in the My upright piano requires constant tuning every time up or down, so I decided to roll up my sleeves and give it a try. After all, if somebody else can do it, then I can as well. When researching Amazon and the Internet, I found the tools and reference materials that helped me make an educated decision regarding what I should "Piano Servicing, Tuning, and Rebuilding A Guide to Getting the Most Out of Your Piano" was one of the books I selected. It's for the Professionals, it's for the students. ", as well as the tools necessary for making the adjustments. ". I had the tools ready for use within an hour of receiving them Four keys were badly out of tune, so they were tuned. On the first try, the tools had paid for themselves. The wife and children were extremely impressed. In conjunction with the book and the OT-200 from Korg The piano strings are 120, and I hope to get better at it over time. Even my 12-year-old son understood what was happening as he observed me (his dad) adjust the strings back into the correct The Korg isn't used enough for me to give a detailed review, but I know when I set the dial for "Manual" and observed the needle swing to the center that I am getting the results that my family had in mind. Korg comes with a very nice case for storing it and I did go ahead and get a plug-in microphone for an additional charge. Someday maybe I'll be able to do a better review when I'm better at it. My knowledge of this instrument is that it works as intended and is successful.
I used it immediately after opening the product to find the tone of an aluminum pot lid within minutes of opening it. In my opinion, this device defined the note C6 resonance for me. Is easy to use. It came with batteries as well! 4* Each a. This is the highest rating Velcro should have been stitched 1/2 inch closer to the lid because there is an alignment issue. Taking note of this detail, I went on to verify the quality of the product as a whole, which was very good This is well worth recommending.
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