This is where electronic analog tuners come in. If you are going for chamber music or just have a picky ear, fractions of cents can be heard. These, as discussed ultra-briefly before, are finite in their measuring capabilities. Also electrical tuners are vastly different. Buying a car seems easier than designing and building one. Easiness seems to be a subjective and relative term. Nexnaught - It tends to seem easier to buy things. That way the perceived resolution of the tuning would be much greater than the finite 'cents' that digital tuners have. Mistic - I think you could prove this type of device's viability by making a HUGE one.

I think more constructive criticism would be that which would help him/her improve this Instructable.įirst the instructable, Second your comment. Anyone who knows music can even play a song on this device Have fun. Standards rubber bands only were stable for a week.They also broke. I made this one 3 years ago and had to re-tune it only once a month due to humidity, etc. After initial tuning let the finished tuner sit for 2 hours to stabilize then final tune only the 3 strings. Tune - Each string was separately tuned C lowest Octave, Middle C then High C.Use your thumbnail Start with note D then E, etc Pencil mark each note location where your thumb is holding the string down on the card board plate.The marked 7 notes per string should be located similarly across from each other. Then I final tuned it to C with the tuner screw about 3 rotations or less. I pulled the string and plucked it to get it to sound slightly lower note than the C note I played on my Casio.Then I applied the crimp. I tied a knot at the closed cup hook rotated the string about3 times clock-wise around the collar and routed it down to the 1/16 hole and clamped it with my hemostat plier close to the hole.Then I strung a crimp bead of 1.3mm ID and crushed the bead with pliers close to the hole.This works better than tying a large knot that wont squeeze through the hole. long to easily tie a knot and stretch to tune to the C note.

The strings were 4.5 inches long inside but started with 7 in.

Music instrument tuner