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1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iv. 30 Whose sacred Art retuneth excellent This rarely-sweet celestiall Instrument.

1652 T. Manley tr. P. Fisher Veni, vidi, Vici 4 The mourning Muses will retune their Lutes, To sing new verses.

a1711 T. Ken Hymnarium 64 in Wks. (1721) II. Their Discords in God's Praise unite, Retun'd by providential Might.

1760 C. Shaw Odes 7 On ev'ry Spray the feather'd Throng; Retune their half-forgotten Song.

a1806 H. K. White Remains (1807) II. 121 Retune thy strings for Jesus' sake.

1890 Spectator 1 Feb. War, which may retune the nerves of the people and bleed out their fullness of habit.

1946 K. Geiringer Haydn ii. xiv. 234 After a grand pause of the whole orchestra Haydn required the violinists to retune their instruments.

2009 Sante Fe New Mexican (Nexis) 13 Mar. 26 The only thing to do was retune the piano.

1905 Jrnl. Inst. Electr. Engineers 35 326 The arrangement of the closed oscillating circuit..was not altered: the air wire being re-tuned to the same frequency as the oscillating circuit by altering the number of turns of the self-induction.

1913 Harper's Mag. Apr. 786 He knows that he must tune and retune constantly the waves of energy which pass from his mind to the class.

1942 Electronic Engin. 15 120 It is often necessary to retune the oscillator after a short while to obtain the correct beat frequency.

1970 Single Sideband for Radio Amateur (Amer. Radio Relay League) (ed. 5) i. 17/1 With ordinary circuits, best operation usually demands retuning when large percentage changes in frequency are made.

1978 Daily Tel. 27 Nov. 13/6 Does the BBC realise that the surest way to make you either switch off or re-tune is to make you unsure about what is actually going out?

2003 C. D. James Mugged in Marseilles xxix. 176 Please retune your radio to 121.5.

1920 I. S. Cobb Abandoned Farrmers v. 121 The contractor retuned his engine and inserted a new steel drill.

1974 P. Cave Mama (new ed.) ii. 10 He was the unofficial repairman of the London Angels, the guy who could take a beaten-up old engine and retune it until it could fly.

2001 M. Steel Reasons to be Cheerful i. 13 He employed three mechanics, whose job was to retune and perfect Brise's rally car, which he raced every weekend.

1959 I. Opie & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolchildren vii. 107 In no great space of time the schoolchild ditty, When I was young and had no sense I bought a fiddle for eighteen pence,..was re-tuned in her honour: Lottie Collins, she had no sense, She bought a piano for eighteen pence.

a1831 A. Knox Remains (1837) III. 165 It is the re-tuning of our discordant mind, the re-adjusting it to the great harmonic system of the intelligent creation.

1960 Pract. Wireless 36 390/1 It provides a substantially constant power gain over the whole of the band 1·5Mc/s to 24Mc/s and therefore needs no retuning when the working frequency is changed.

2000 D. Bunnell & R. A. Luecke Ebay Phenomenon iii. 47 Most own several instruments, if only to avoid the chore of retuning between different musical pieces.