![]() ![]() Other companies may boast of their strobe tuner capabilities, but buyer beware! The AutoStrobe 490 is a truly stroboscopic mechanical tuner capable of fundamental and overtone display. Enjoy hands-free note selection for fast, accurate tuning of instruments. Only Peterson could bring you the kind of real- time intonation critical enough for ear training use. The Peterson AutoStrobe 490 is agreed by music students, technicians, and professionals to be the standard by which all tuners are measured. I expected more presets (tempers and possibly the strech tunings pre-programed) in this "Model 590" but you are limited to the 8 basic temperments.A couple are usefull for the guitar but,really useless for modern piano tuning.The Auto feature will not be useful at all tuning pianos but,the digital cent adjustment IS more. The manuel is pretty easy to understand and apply. This new Peterson 590 AutoStrobe Has all of those older controls but, in easier acsess (once you get used to where they are). The Conn ST-11 improved over the previous ST-6&8 tube type of course ,with no warm up time & lighter weight ,but,same basic controls. So my compairisons are based on 45 years of piano experiance. I bought my Peterson 590 AutoStrobe awhile back to update my piano tuning business to a more mordern (now digital) strobe with some of the newer bells & whistles that are available now-a-days.I have a Conn Strobotuner ST-6 tube type '60's model,And the Conn Strobotuner ST-11 solid state '70's models. It may not be a perfect job, but that's not the fault of the machine - it's me that's the problem. With the autostrobe tuner, I can now tune a whole piano with minimal frustration. I knew enough about tuning pianos to touch up unison notes and replace the occasional broken string, but I don't have the experience or know-how to get a temperament right or tune a whole piano. ![]() As soon as I watched him fly through a piano with his tuner (faster than I had ever seen anyone tune a piano before) I knew that I had to have one for myself. He used one of these tuners to tune the pianos he delivered. ![]() Now the review: I was first introduced to the Autostrobe tuner by the owner of a local piano store. Prior to using the auto-strobe, I could never have successfully tuned a piano on my own. I have a tuning hammer and some mutes and know enough to get myself in trouble. I'm a pianist, and I'm very fussy about the piano that I play being in tune. First, let me state that I am not a piano tuner. ![]()
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