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Accordian tuner
Accordian tuner
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S-harp
191 posts
Dec 29, 2013
5:48 PM
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http://www.dirksprojects.nl/index.php?Lan=english&Page=Tuner%2Faccordion_tuner_22.php
'xcuse the unclickable link
Anyone tried this tuner? As i understand it
can detect and read up to three reeds separately in a chord or an octavesplit and also measure/count the diss. beats.
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WinslowYerxa
474 posts
Dec 29, 2013
6:02 PM
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I use it for tuning accordions and tremolo harmonicas. It is an excellent tool.
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Winslow
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S-harp
192 posts
Dec 30, 2013
2:21 AM
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@Winslow ... tuning accordians ... around here
it's hard to find somebody to open up an accordian
nowdays.
So, I figure you haven't found the program helpfull tuning harps?
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The tone, the tone ... and the Tone
Last Edited by S-harp on Dec 30, 2013 6:38 AM
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WinslowYerxa
476 posts
Dec 30, 2013
3:53 PM
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Why would you jump to that conclusion, S-harp?
I acquired Dirk's accordion tuner to tune accordions. But it also works great on harmonicas.
For tremolo and octave harps especially, it's great. You have a lot of precision available, as you can see a note both in cents and in Hertz - its actual frequency. For tremolo, Hertz is more important than cents as it directly affects the tremolo rate.
The tuner also has an octaves setting. Considering that tuning the available octaves is the first thing I do when I tune harmonicas, that's a great time saver. Eleven pairs of octaves lets you tune 14 of the 20 reeds in a diatonic pretty quickly, with similar gains for chromatic.
Another great feature of the accordion tuner is the ability to create tuning templates, measure the tuning of all reeds against the template, then generate a report. This is a bit more important for accordions, which require a lot more assembly/disassembly to tune than harmonicas do, but it could let you, say, make up a tuning chart for a specific temperament, then measure a specific harmonica against that temperament (though it doesn't transpose, as the assumption is that you'd use this feature for a chromatic accordion).
Dirk makes tuners for several instruments, including a harmonica tuner that Hohner sells:
http://www.dirksprojects.nl/index.php?Lan=english&Page=Tuner/harmonica_tuner_50.php
This is similar to the accordion tuner, but will tune two reeds at once instead of three, as no known harmonica has three reeds per note (accordions can have up to five).
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Winslow
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WinslowYerxa
477 posts
Dec 30, 2013
3:53 PM
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Why would you jump to that conclusion, S-harp?
I acquired Dirk's accordion tuner to tune accordions. But it also works great on harmonicas.
For tremolo and octave harps especially, it's great. You have a lot of precision available, as you can see a note both in cents and in Hertz - its actual frequency. For tremolo, Hertz is more important than cents as it corresponds directly with the tremolo rate.
The tuner also has an octaves setting. Considering that tuning the available octaves is the first thing I do when I tune harmonicas, that's a great time saver. Eleven pairs of octaves lets you tune 19 of the 20 reeds in a diatonic pretty quickly, with similar gains for chromatic.
Another great feature of the accordion tuner is the ability to create tuning templates, measure the tuning of all reeds against the template, then generate a report. This is a bit more important for accordions, which require a lot more assembly/disassembly to tune than harmonicas do, but it could let you, say, make up a tuning chart for a specific temperament, then measure a specific harmonica against that temperament (though it doesn't transpose, as the assumption is that you'd use this feature for a chromatic accordion).
Dirk makes tuners for several instruments, including a harmonica tuner that Hohner sells:
http://www.dirksprojects.nl/index.php?Lan=english&Page=Tuner/harmonica_tuner_50.php
This is similar to the accordion tuner, but will tune two reeds at once instead of three, as no known harmonica has three reeds per note (accordions can have up to five).
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Winslow
Last Edited by WinslowYerxa on Dec 30, 2013 11:23 PM
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