PETERSON STROBE TUNER MODEL 400 VINTAGE AND USED No reserve auction! It’s selling! Start Price USD 0.99 Current Price USD 106.00 Time Left - Bid Count 17 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Monday, September 01, 2008 End Time Monday, September 08, 2008 Location Irvine, California See more about 'PETERSON STROBE TUNER MODEL 400 VINTAGE AND USED' Description JAZZRUE’S FINE INSTRUMENTSPETERSON  STROBE TUNER MODEL 400 VINTAGE AND USEDNo reserve auction! It’s selling!This one has been around the track a few times and then around a few more times. Scratched? Yes. Marks and dirt and stuff? Yes. Old? Yes. Working? I think so. I don’t know anything about these but it powers up, meter runs nice and smooth with no noise or problems. I plugged a guitar in and the meter moved around but I don’t know how to adjust or calibrate it. Backlight and power light work fine. Knobs are in good shape and case is just dirty and looks like it has been in storage because it has.Case locks down good and is easily carried. Appox 10 x 7 x 5 or so and weighs in at two or three pounds.Looks like the serial was taken off a long time ago. I don’t know the serial or what year it was made. Any enthusiast that wants to give some details I’ll post them.I don’t need it or want it so take a shot. No reserve auction.Sold as is, no returns on this one.Spec from Peterson:DESCRIPTION & OPERATION OF MODEL 400  VERNIER CONTROL  The Vernier Control is located on the right hand side of the front panel.  The purpose of this control is to enable you to raise or lower the reference pitch of the instrument from the standard of A=440 Hz.  Rotating this control clockwise lowers the pitch, (flattens) and rotating it counter-clockwise  raises the  pitch  (sharpens).  We have provided calibration marks for easy tuning to A=440, A=442, or A=435 standard pitches.  Simply match the zero on the Vernier Dial with desired pitch printed on the panel.  The most commonly used pitch, A=440 is located at the “12 o'clock” position.   This control is calibrated in hundredths of a semitone, commonly called “cents”. If the control is moved one division on the scale, the pitch will have been raised (or lowered) 1/100th of the distance between adjacent semitones.  If for example, the Note Selector was turned to the note “E” and the Vernier Control was set to 25 cents sharp, the pitch of the instrument would be raised 1/4 of the distance between E and F.  Thus it possible to tune to any frequency in the entire eight octave range of the instrument.  Moving the Vernier Control does not affect the temperament accuracy.  NOTE SELECTOR  To set the instrument for tuning a particular pitch, simply rotate the Note Selector so the desired pitch on the dial, lines up with the dot alongside of the letter “C” on the panel at the top of the dial.  The other letters Eb, F, Bb, around the Note Switch are used to automatically transpose the range of the tuner for tuning instruments that play in these keys.  For example, if you want to play the note “C” on an Eb  instrument, rotate the Note Selector so the “C” on the dial lines up with the dot alongside the Eb  on the panel.  Pianos, organs, harpsichords and similar keyboard instruments are tuned in the key of “C” and accordingly, no transposing is necessary.  THE STROBE DISC  The sharp and flat signs located above the Strobe Disc window indicate the direction the strobe pattern will appear to be rotating if the note sounding is sharp or flat.  If the pattern rotates clockwise, the note is sharp; if counter-clockwise, it is flat.  The more off pitch the note is, the faster the pattern will rotate.  The numbers along side the strobe window indicate the octave bands.  The octave including A=440 Hz has been indicated on either side of the strobe window ( A octave 3 = 440 Hz).  A red transparent filter is used in front of the Strobe Disc to reduce the effects of glare from ambient light.  This improves the overall clarity of the strobe image.  The range of frequencies the Model 400 will tune are listed as follows:  OCTAVE        NOTE    FREQUENCY           NOTE         FREQUENCY  0 C 32.703 Hz B 61.735 Hz 1 C 65.406 Hz B 123.471 Hz 2 C 130.813 Hz B 246.942 Hz 3 C 261.626 Hz B 493.883 Hz 4 C 523.521 Hz B 987.767 Hz 5 C 1046.502 Hz B 1975.533 Hz 6 C 2093.005 Hz B 3951.066 Hz 7 C 4186.009 Hz B 7902.133 Hz   C-3 (261.626 Hz) Is Middle C on a piano.   Shipping, Insurance and other stuff:All items are shipped UPS Ground and include insurance against loss or damages for full sale amount. 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