Re : Travelling with Hertz

Joe Pehrson:

> The "old German A" temperament with the lower fifths, "3 beats every 5
> seconds" blah, blah, blah...
>
> I was wondering if anyone knows where I could get a "frequency counter"
> that measures Hertz...

Joe, I fully agree with Christopher: the Korg MT 1200 can do any job just as
well as a frequency counter. You can programme any microtonal division of
the octave or any pitch separately. Use the needle or use the sound, which
has a triangular wave form, containing the odd partials. If you have access
to the strings inside your piano you may try to pluck them right in the
middle.
The sound thus produced has the same overtone receipy as the Korg-sound.
When
you strike the key it will be much more difficult to hear. For serious
piano-tuners an electronic device, giving fondamental frequencies, is still
too rough.
>
> I asked at our local music store, and all I got was a blank stare...

Is that the one with a toy-guitar in the front-window, selling postcards as
well? :)

--Wim