[Trombone-l] tuner recommendation?

[Richardson, Timothy Mr. DAC USAG Ansbach DPW]

In my college days (70's) I thought I really needed a tuner to get my
positions dialed in, but those were the stroboconn days, and I didn't have
$2500 (probably about $15000 adjusted to today's currency).  

Now I have a $30 Korg, which is perfectly adequate, but I've changed my mind
on what I need.  I think a drone CD is a better solution.  Certainly I've
done more to improve my ability to play in tune in real time by listening to
and matching the drone.  

I think a trombone player who works with a drone can get by without a tuner,
provided there is a critical mass of tuners in the community.  (One of my
theories is that the ubiquitous cheap electronic tuner has greatly narrowed
the distribution of pitches you run into.  In times past you never knew how
far up or down you'd have to go;  now all groups center on 440 and the
spread is much much less.  People even tune pianos more often.)

There are a number of commercial tuning CDs out there.  David Schwartz makes
one, so does Steven Colley, there are probably a few more.    

-----Original Message-----
From: Alisha Ard [mailto:alishamarieard at gmail.com] 
Sent: Sunday, December 03, 2006 6:54 PM
To: Trombone-L Trombone
Subject: [Trombone-l] tuner recommendation?

Hi all!  Me again.

I have a SABINE Metrotune MT9000 that is really NOT a good tuner.  It  
takes too long to register the pitch, and gets too confused in the  
lower register.  I bought it because it got good reviews online, so I  
obviously can't trust that source.

Seems I recall using someone's cheap KORG tuner that worked great.

Any other faves?

Alisha Ard
http://www.alishamarieard.com/