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4 Technophobe 01-05-2003 01:05 PM ET (US)	As I read this article, I thought to myself, yeah, here's another technology driven idea that makes very little business sense, something a high-tech hobbyist might concoct for himself, but is not cost effective compared to existing (manual, low-tech) solutions. In other words, technology for technology's sake. I think the last line of the article says it all -- why pay so much for a [high-tech, microprocessor-controlled] self-tuning piano, when you can have a regular piano tuned two or three times a year for a lot less?
3 Jerry Kindall 01-05-2003 01:09 AM ET (US)	At least with a guitar you only have to tune six strings, instead of the 200+ in a piano. (Yes, some keys have two or even three strings in a good piano.)
2 Erik V. Olson 01-04-2003 03:45 PM ET (US)	There is design for a self tuning guitar -- and it's one that can quickly alter the tuning of the strings. Jimmy Page thinks it's the greatest thing in the World (not that he ever plays alternate tunings.) http://www.selftuning.com/index2.htm If you hit the whammy bar, and you detune, something's wrong. Most likely, you don't have a locking nut and bridge, or they aren't in fact keeping the string from sliding over the nut/bridge, or your intonation is completely whacked. Or, you're playing a Strat with too loose a neck -- which is about 85% of them, from what I hear.
1 Sakusha 01-04-2003 03:25 PM ET (US)	I'd rather have a self-tuning guitar, or at least a movable bridge that doesn't go out of tune every time you touch the whangy bar.

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