Conn StroboTuner
date: label: Date made
content: 1960s
name: label: manufacturer
content: C. G. Conn Ltd.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>This tuner was made by C.G. Conn Ltd. in Elkhart, Indiana, 1960s. It is a StroboTuner, model ST-6, serial #39356. It has a bronze painted metal case with a hinged front panel that opens to reveal a control panel consisting of a scanning disc with octave band numbers, pilot light, signal input, gain control knob, tone selector knob, operate/calibrate switch, power switch, and tuning knob with pointer and scale. There is a detachable microphone clipped on the inside of the front panel. On the top of the tuner is a brown plastic molded handle. The tuner is marked:</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>StroboTUNER<br>CONN</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>The StroboTuner was used for piano and organ tuning, and instrumental and vocal music teaching. It was especially popular among electric guitarists as its user could plug the instrument directly into the signal input as the tuner provided an accurate visual indication of the frequency of a sound or an electrical signal.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Indiana, Elkhart
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of McCormick's Enterprises, Inc. (through Brian D. Anderson)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1999.0210.01
label: model number
content: ST-6
label: serial number
content: 39356
label: accession number
content: 1999.0210
label: catalog number
content: 1999.0210.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: tuner
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 22 cm x 28 cm x 19 cm; 8 11/16 in x 11 in x 7 1/2 in