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Stability of Old Stroboconn Tuner
By John Spradley 

My Conn Stroboconn electronic tuner uses an adjustable tuning fork, and
I allow 4 hour warm-up before use.  I calibrate it against WWV standard
radio broadcast (440 Hz) and have never experienced any drift.  Resolu-
tion is about 1 cent, perhaps even less.  Motor speed of the 12 strobe
wheels might drift, but I have never noticed it.

It's fun to watch while feeding in music from CDs, especially singers.
Confirms my suspicions about some singers.  They must drive Andy crazy!

John Spradley

(Message sent Sun, 16 Jan 2000 14:44:05 -0800 , from time zone -0800.)

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