A Very Strange Question and needing a bit of help in the music worldworld

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[thesligoduffyflynns]

So here I am looking for someone with knowledge in a tuning instrument for a adult size cello

[Chode]

look for it on your phone like we do with guitars... even has a meter!

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

:: Yeah, blowing on it wouldn’t work. ::

We want pictures, Badger!!

[mdmathis6]

That works for any given frequency but if you are tuning to a modern orchestra you need a certified pitch of 440 to tune your instrument relative to said pitch(at least in America)(an octave below that by ear relative to the rest of the orchestra for bigger deeper strings), Once you have your standard “A” then the rest of the strings follow.

[SaxxonWoods]

There you go. Fast, easy, accurate.

[SgtHooper]

Really!

[SgtHooper]

Think you’re real smart now by searching for “cello tuner”, eh? :-)

[alancarp]

As others have suggested, you're describing a pitch pipe. That said, unless you've got an ear for such things, it would be much easier with something electronic like this Snark (amazon or musician's friend, for 2 sources):

[Eccl 10:2]

Thank you.

And cheap, $14.99.

So much better than phone apps, websites, videos, pitch pipes, or tuning forks.

Sometimes, though, if you’re playing with a piano, you have to tune to the piano. It doesn’t help to be ABSOLUTELY in tune if you’re not RELATIVELY in tune.

[Eccl 10:2]

Caught me.

[rlmorel]

Heh, I’m with you both on this!

I love FR. Here your questions are answered...:)

[Sirius Lee]

adult size cello

The correct term is "floor fiddle".

You're welcome.

[Jamestown1630]

We have two hammered dulcimers, a mountain dulcimer, a bowed psaltery and a Weissenborn guitar.

I don’t think we’d manage without our Snarks. (Husband suggests Korg, too.)

[left that other site]

This works on Guitar, Bass, and Cello...I carry one with me at all time (among other things)

http://www.snarktuners.com

[SaxxonWoods]

You can even temper your tuning with them if the intonation of the instrument is slightly off. I have one of those on each of my basses. They are indispensable, especially when performing outside and you need to quickly tune between songs.

[left that other site]

this thread s gettng quite snarky...LOL.

[plain talk]

Yes — what you want is a digital tuner that can hear the instrument and then tell you exactly whether you are sharp or flat.

[TalBlack]

Berry Gordy once opined that one reason a lot of Mowtown sounded a certain pleasing way was because they tuned by ear and the bass was invariably slightly sharp. So hey when you get your tuner go a little sharp!

[waterhill]

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[alancarp]

...and some of it is pretty hammered, too :)

[T.B. Yoits]

Pitch-pipes still require you to have the ear to match the strings to the pipe.

The digital tuners work very well and most let you tune to A440, A441, or A442 depending on who you're performing with.