Sound: Electronic Tuner

Series

Series Name: Living Tomorrow

Issue

Issue No.

152

Length of issue (in feet)

495

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 5

Summary

COI synopsis: No more guitar or piano strings out of tune because you can’t get hold of a professional to deal with them. An electronic ear does all the hard work for you: all that’s left is to adjust tension on the string until you hit zero reading on a simple dial.

Keywords

Music and dance; Science and technology; Computers and computing

Written sources

COI Microfilm Roll 51 [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 54 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 1458/152

Credits:

Sponsor: Central Office of Information (COI)
Sponsor: Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Cutter: Peter Greenaway
Editor: Peter Greenaway

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