I use a Korg CA-20 (A=3D430-449) simple and cheap tuner to tune in noisy = circumstances. What might be an idea 2 p worth for sharing is that I = don't use clip microphone (i.e.: mike with a clip) as I found it too = sensitive to other sounds in the air, instead I use a guitar transducer = stuck softly with Blue Tack to the bridge. Sorry, my mike is a no name = brand, but was quite cheap, something like 5 US$, it looks like a flat = battery used in wrist-watches and the surface of it had permanent = adhesive originally on it which I had to clean first as it was meant to = be stuck on the soundboard of a guitar (the place I saw it in real use = actually was a folk band with amplifiers). I think any other putty like = substance would do which makes it quick and easy to put the mike on and = take it off from the bridge and leaves no stains. For me it made wonders = with outside sounds, this way it is practically insensitive to them. I = apply the mike at the bass end of the bridge and with very low strings = on my archlute I pluck octave upper harmonics to tune.
Best regards: Gabor Domjan --
