Sound: Electronic Tuner

Series

Series Name
Living Tomorrow

Issue

Issue No.
152
Length of issue (in feet)
495
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Sound: Stress And Attention
  2. 2Sound: Electronic Tuner
  3. 3Sound: Tanker Docking
  4. 4Sound: Dawkins Organ
  5. 5Sound: Concrete Nibbler

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
Editor
Peter Greenaway
Cutter
Peter Greenaway

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Film Archive

Name
British Film Institute (BFI)
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Notes
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