Tuner
noun
A person or device that adjusts the sound or pitch of a musical instrument.
My piano sounds off key, I need to call the piano tuner.
Often appears as...
- piano tuner
- guitar tuner
noun
An electronic device used to control a radio or television's reception of channels or stations.
My television's tuner is broken so I cannot change the channel.
Often appears as...
- tv tuner
- radio tuner
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A person or device that adjusts the sound or pitch of a musical instrument.
My piano sounds off key, I need to call the piano tuner.
Often appears as...
- piano tuner
- guitar tuner
noun
An electronic device used to control a radio or television's reception of channels or stations.
My television's tuner is broken so I cannot change the channel.
Often appears as...
- tv tuner
- radio tuner
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Professionals Needed
People who adjust instrument sounds professionally are often called 'tuners'.
The orchestra hired a professional tuner for their grand piano.
Pro Tip 2/3Precision Required
'Tuner' is used when precise adjustments of musical instruments are necessary.
You'll need a tuner to fine-tune your violin before the concert.
Pro Tip 3/3Type Specificity
Often, 'tuner' refers to one who specializes in a specific instrument type.
Find a guitar tuner who knows about classical guitars.
Pro Tip 1/3Professionals Needed
People who adjust instrument sounds professionally are often called 'tuners'.
The orchestra hired a professional tuner for their grand piano.
Pro Tip 2/3Precision Required
'Tuner' is used when precise adjustments of musical instruments are necessary.
You'll need a tuner to fine-tune your violin before the concert.
Pro Tip 3/3Type Specificity
Often, 'tuner' refers to one who specializes in a specific instrument type.
Find a guitar tuner who knows about classical guitars.
Pro Tip 1/3Professionals Needed
People who adjust instrument sounds professionally are often called 'tuners'.
The orchestra hired a professional tuner for their grand piano.
Pro Tip 2/3Precision Required
'Tuner' is used when precise adjustments of musical instruments are necessary.
You'll need a tuner to fine-tune your violin before the concert.
Pro Tip 3/3Type Specificity
Often, 'tuner' refers to one who specializes in a specific instrument type.
Find a guitar tuner who knows about classical guitars.
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The true power of the...
dollar spent on a performing arts ticket in a community generates five to seven additional dollars for the local economy dollars spent in restaurants from parking at the fabric stores where we buy fabric for costumes the piano tuner who chooses the instruments and more but the arts are going to be more important to economies as we go forward especially
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A clever way to estimate...
With this many pianos, how many piano tuners are there? We could begin the process of thinking about how often the pianos are tuned, how many pianos are tuned in one day, or how many days a piano tuner works, but that's not the point of rapid estimation. We instead think in orders of magnitude,
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Ben Cameron: The true...
generates five to seven additional dollars for the local economy, dollars spent in restaurants or on parking, at the fabric stores where we buy fabric for costumes, the piano tuner who tunes the instruments, and more. But the arts are going to be more important to economies as we go forward,
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Can you play the sitar?...
be lighter smaller and more durable while sounding just as good if not better than traditional instruments by using modern day machine tuners the strings can be more easily and more accurately tuned and better yet they'll stay in tune and by standardizing the
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The paradox of choice PIPE...
So this is what the supermarket is like. And then you go to the consumer electronics store to set up a stereo system -- speakers, CD player, tape player, tuner, amplifier -- and in this one single consumer electronics store,
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Tracking Bluefin Tuna PIPE...
stay on the tuner for a year it's part of an international effort to uncover remarkable details about the lives of these iconic fish their journey in this way is helping to build an ocean-wide recovery plan
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Two Bites for the Pin...
yeah yeah mother look Oh mother lode oh yeah the tuner God down here is the same tune of God I've been praying to up in Gloucester for years and years I'm just hoping he shines a little light on me
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How frustration can make...
He went and sat outside in his car, leaving Vera Brandes to get on the phone to try to find a replacement piano. Now she got a piano tuner, but she couldn't get a new piano. And so she went outside
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Amazing Bait Balls &...
so that the tuner can be called dolphin friendly the Dolphins are helped out of the nets everything else is hauled up
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BBC Earth 50 Top Natural...
tuner attacked from below cutting off the sardines escape route down to deep water next to appear shearwaters
Video examples
The true power of the...
dollar spent on a performing arts ticket in a community generates five to seven additional dollars for the local economy dollars spent in restaurants from parking at the fabric stores where we buy fabric for costumes the piano tuner who chooses the instruments and more but the arts are going to be more important to economies as we go forward especially
Video examples
A clever way to estimate...
With this many pianos, how many piano tuners are there? We could begin the process of thinking about how often the pianos are tuned, how many pianos are tuned in one day, or how many days a piano tuner works, but that's not the point of rapid estimation. We instead think in orders of magnitude,
Video examples
Ben Cameron: The true...
generates five to seven additional dollars for the local economy, dollars spent in restaurants or on parking, at the fabric stores where we buy fabric for costumes, the piano tuner who tunes the instruments, and more. But the arts are going to be more important to economies as we go forward,
Video examples
Can you play the sitar?...
be lighter smaller and more durable while sounding just as good if not better than traditional instruments by using modern day machine tuners the strings can be more easily and more accurately tuned and better yet they'll stay in tune and by standardizing the
Video examples
The paradox of choice PIPE...
So this is what the supermarket is like. And then you go to the consumer electronics store to set up a stereo system -- speakers, CD player, tape player, tuner, amplifier -- and in this one single consumer electronics store,
Video examples
Tracking Bluefin Tuna PIPE...
stay on the tuner for a year it's part of an international effort to uncover remarkable details about the lives of these iconic fish their journey in this way is helping to build an ocean-wide recovery plan
Video examples
Two Bites for the Pin...
yeah yeah mother look Oh mother lode oh yeah the tuner God down here is the same tune of God I've been praying to up in Gloucester for years and years I'm just hoping he shines a little light on me
Video examples
How frustration can make...
He went and sat outside in his car, leaving Vera Brandes to get on the phone to try to find a replacement piano. Now she got a piano tuner, but she couldn't get a new piano. And so she went outside
Video examples
Amazing Bait Balls &...
so that the tuner can be called dolphin friendly the Dolphins are helped out of the nets everything else is hauled up
Video examples
BBC Earth 50 Top Natural...
tuner attacked from below cutting off the sardines escape route down to deep water next to appear shearwaters
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Mandy Harvey
American Musician
What I do is I get the sheet music and I put it out for myself and then I use a visual tuner to go through each note individually. And every time I make a mistake, I start the song over again, so I use the muscle memory of intervals and then watching that tuner, and then a lot of repetition.
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Alex Pareene
American Writer
It's been possible for years to use a PC to watch and record over-the-air television broadcasts, and unencrypted cable television tuners have been available almost as long. But for a long time, you could only watch copyright-protected channels with a cable company-leased box.
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Mandy Harvey
American Musician
I use the aid of technology while running through songs. Visual tuners and feeling the vibrations through the floor to keep time.
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Caroline Corr
Irish Musician
I'm not the hottest tuner on the planet, so I normally get someone to come out and do it for me.
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Finneas
American Musician
I'm a bad guitar tuner. I have to pay somebody to tune my guitars.
Quote examples
Mandy Harvey
American Musician
What I do is I get the sheet music and I put it out for myself and then I use a visual tuner to go through each note individually. And every time I make a mistake, I start the song over again, so I use the muscle memory of intervals and then watching that tuner, and then a lot of repetition.
Quote examples
Alex Pareene
American Writer
It's been possible for years to use a PC to watch and record over-the-air television broadcasts, and unencrypted cable television tuners have been available almost as long. But for a long time, you could only watch copyright-protected channels with a cable company-leased box.
Quote examples
Mandy Harvey
American Musician
I use the aid of technology while running through songs. Visual tuners and feeling the vibrations through the floor to keep time.
Quote examples
Caroline Corr
Irish Musician
I'm not the hottest tuner on the planet, so I normally get someone to come out and do it for me.
Quote examples
Finneas
American Musician
I'm a bad guitar tuner. I have to pay somebody to tune my guitars.
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