Re: Guitar and Other Instrument Tunings

LiamRedmond wrote:

> I have a web site for fretted instrument resources [snip] to experiment with other
> tunings easily and quickly. If your interested then please visit the
> site at http://pages.eidosnet.co.uk/liamredmond/guitar/index.html if
> the tuning or instrument you require is no listed then forms are
> provided to add new ones. I was surprised that not one of my 1000 or
> so visitors has yet requested any different tunings so I thought I'de
> post a note here for people who are 'into' alternate tunings.

Ahem. You want to tell him, or shall I?

--
David J. Finnamore
Nashville, TN, USA
http://members.xoom.com/dfinn.1
--

I could see a bunch of creative possibilities and practical uses for
this (and _especially so if the allowance for sharp and flat tweaking
is not restrictive!):

<http://www.selftuning.com/index1.html>

Anyone ever seen/heard one?

Dan

At 09:58 PM 4/14/00 -0700, you wrote:
>I could see a bunch of creative possibilities and practical uses for
>this (and _especially so if the allowance for sharp and flat tweaking
>is not restrictive!):
>
><http://www.selftuning.com/index1.html>
>
>Anyone ever seen/heard one?
>
>
>Dan

Sounds like a motorized version of this one:

http://www.hipshotproducts.com/trilogy.htm

Of course, this one is about 1/10 the price. First read about it in Joe
Gore's review a while back in Guitar Player. He's on the two Oranj
Symphonette CDs that I have but I don't know if he uses a Trilogy-equipped
guitar.

Paolo