Yes, I also got the ST-122a some time ago. It's an extremely well-designed and robust piece of kit and in terms of accuracy and functionality I don't think you can beat it for the price. It seems to be virtually the only thing Sonic Research produces, and they clearly pour a huge amount of effort into making it as good as it can be - quite a different story from the plastic Korg tuners that most people seem to use. By programming the tuning of my theorbo and setting the tuner to manual (so that "Theorbo Man" appears on the display!) I've been able to use it in orchestras even without a contact microphone.
I used to have a TLA strobe tuner but had to sell it since, while it was great for keyboard instruments, it couldn't really pick up the sound of the lute properly. The TurboTuner is the opposite: perfect for lutes, but picks up the sound of harpsichords less well (no problem with organs though). The only other criticisms I have is that it can't produce sound and it can't do piano curves, though I have a cheap tuner that can do the former and I rarely need the latter. Also, you have to get used to people asking you what the flashing lights are all about... Buy one! Sam On 3 September 2012 22:50, Edward Mast <[1][email protected]> wrote: When I went to order mine a few moths ago, the ST-122 was indeed out of stock and out of production. But it has been replaced by the ST-122a, a very similar but slightly "upgraded" version. I'm very happy with it also. On Sep 3, 2012, at 1:14 PM, R. Mattes wrote: > On Mon, 3 Sep 2012 09:22:11 -0400, William Brohinsky wrote >> I have one. I have had it for a few years. For piano tuning, it is >> not a choice. >> >> For just about everything else, it is wonderful. >> > > Please correct me if I'm wrong - but isn't this tuner out of stock > since _years_? > > -- > R. Mattes - > Hochschule fuer Musik Freiburg > [2][email protected] > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > [3]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- Sam Chapman Oetlingerstrasse 65 4057 Basel (0041) 79 530 39 91 -- References 1. mailto:[email protected] 2. mailto:[email protected] 3. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
