Micro Headstock Tuner

Tuners! Sometimes I wonder if there are different standard A=440.
They hardly ever agree, and the guitar string sounds a note that seems to fluctuate in pitch depending on the volume and tone.
I normally wait until the initial excited string has settled when using a tuner.

I have around half a dozen different makes, and up until now I have been using the Snark QTSN2 Clip-On Chromatic All Instrument Tuner. Unfortunately it has broken on a couple of occasions because of the rather delicate slender stalk holding the tuner on the clip. It is  not too forgiving of inaccurate tuning. (some tuners seem far too tolerant) and the nice col

 

 

 
Lately I have been using the  D’Addario NS Micro Headstock Tuner. our display also means that you can see how much you are out of tune to the nearest cent. It also has tuning by microphone or vibration.

Its main advantage is that it is unobtrusive, and very in tune. There is also a choice of reference pitch A from 420-440, so that this could be used on early music instruments.
The display lights up in different colours, and provided  you understand what the colours mean, tuning is very fast and accurate. Here is a review in The Gadgeteer.

I far prefer to not use an electronic tuner at all, but when playing in a group of more than two, they are  the quickest way to be in tune together (provided the tuner is in tune itself, and also very accurate, and that you understand what the display means!)

How many of you use an electronic tuner as opposed to a pitchfork and your ear?

D’Addario Foundation presents young artists at Carnegie Hall

imageTwo young classical guitar prodigies, Junhong Kuang and Celil Refik Kaya, are set to perform at the Carnegie Hall.
The concert will open on Thursday, October 17, featuring two performers – Junhong Kuang and Celil Refik Kaya. The event will be Mr. Kaya’s Carnegie Hall debut, he is also set to play a new piece written for him by famed Argentinian classical guitarist and composer, Jorge Morel. The event will also add “playing at the Carnegie Hall” to the young Junhong Kuang’s experience.

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