One of music’s great joys is the sound of a well-tuned acoustic instrument. Everything from guitars to drums to pianos all come to life when they’re properly tuned, but they can also stand out like a ...

[JanHerman] knows that tuning musical instruments is all about precision and that precision is measured in a logarithmic unit called a cent. A cheap tuner unit might be accurate to 1.5 cents which ...

A few years ago Gibson began introducing some clever new technology to a select few guitars which automatically tuned the instrument and kept it there (seen most recently in the gorgeous Firebird X).

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... LONGMONT, Colo.—The piano is a relatively new instrument—it appeared around the dawn of the 18th century—and to a large degree this is due to its ...

[Todd Harrison] recently wrote in to tip us off on his submission to the Tektronix oscilloscope contest – using a scope to tune a piano. In his video he demonstrates how a Fast Fourier Transform can ...