[Trombone-l] - stroboconn

[Richardson, Timothy Mr. DAC USAG Ansbach DPW]

Much thanks to Mike Loewen for the Stroboconn website.  

I never knew how they worked before.  They are ingeniously simple, I really
admire the thinking of whoever came up with that idea.  I think a hobbyist
could fairly easily build one from the information on that page.

I had not known that the series of wedges on the dial represented octaves,
not partials.  That pretty much explains the results that puzzled me.

Also referenced on that website is a tuning forum.  I scanned it - amazing
what goofy ideas some musicians have about temperament and tuning.  No
wonder some orchestras sound bad.  They are tuning to idealized temperaments
and not using their ears.      

-----Original Message-----
From: Richardson, Timothy Mr. DAC USAG Ansbach DPW 
Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 9:43 AM
To: trombone-l at server5.samford.edu
Subject: RE: - stroboconn

This weekend I tried setting my electronic tuner (Korg CA-1) to a single
pitch, and playing other notes lowly and loudly to see if any overtones
would register.

I did not succeed in making this happen. 

Anybody else tried this with more success?  Maybe play a pedal Bb as loud as
possible, while setting the tuner to F, D, Ab, C, etc.?  

If you remember, Sam contributed a post not that long ago that talked about
hearing overtones.  Can anybody see them as well, on a simple tuner?  Or
does this always require more sophisticated equipment?  

-----Original Message-----
From: Richardson, Timothy Mr. DAC USAG Ansbach DPW 
Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 2:38 PM
To: Jeff Albert
Cc: trombone-l at server5.samford.edu
Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] Fw: Message from List Owner - stroboconn



What happens at the Stroboconn I'm unclear on; I only have an electronic
tuner, and it will not read partials.  Come to think of it, maybe it will if
I set it manually to one pitch, I'll try it tonight.