🚀 go-pugleaf

The last time I watched a piano tuner in action, he used a strobe
disc to rough in the tuning.  The disc was in in a box with a neon
bulb apparently connected to the output of an amplifier.  The speed
of the disc was also regulated, as the box had a sharp/flat knob,
which the turner adjusted slightly sharp, a qualitative adjustment,
for the paino's upper registers.  He adjusted A 440 with a tuning
fork first, then worked up and down form there.  Final voicing was
done entirely by ear.

Given the the complex waveforms that most insturments genreate, the
stroboscopic disc is a really handy means for checking frequency.
I'd imagine that one could be more hip by replacing the neon bulb
(it was a lot bigger than an NE-2H) with an LED array.


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