tuningn.

Brit.

/ˈtjuːnɪŋ/,

/ˈtʃuːnɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈt(j)unɪŋ/

Etymology: < tune v. + -ing suffix¹.

The action of tune v.

a. The action or process of putting an instrument in tune; a system according to which this is done (cf. temperament n. 10).

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temperure1390

modulation1543

tuning1554

temperature1592

temperament1728

intonation1776

just intonation1850

tuning1902

tune-up1977

1554–5 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1871) II. 358 Item, to Sir Johne Fietie,..for tonying of the organis at Sanct Geillis day,..xxiiij^s.

1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 72 The foolish Musitians..spent so much time in unseasonable tuning.

1655 in 12th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1890) App. v. 5 The polyphon is an instrument of so different a stringing and tuning that [etc.].

1787 Thompson's Pat. in 6th Rep. Deputy Keeper Public Rec. ii. 176 A perfect and compleat Machine or Instrument..for the more easy and expeditious tuning of Harpsichords, Piano Forts, Spinnets [etc.].

1910 Tovey in Encycl. Brit. III. 129/2 [article Bach] With the object of stimulating tuning by ‘equal temperament’ instead of sacrificing the euphony of remoter keys to that of the more usual ones.

b. figurative: see tune v. 2.

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the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > [noun] > action of bringing into agreement or harmony

conciliation1543

reconcilement1560

reconciliation1560

consorting1611

tuning1654

harmonization1837

attunement1866

1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 342 The Soule needs not more a well organiz'd Body, to exercise it Functions with spritely Vigor,.. than that Soule, and those Organs need the Tuneings of Education.

1699 Ld. Shaftesbury Inq. conc. Virtue ii. i. 98 It would be agreeable..to inquire thus into the different tunings..to their passions.

1868 J. H. Blunt Reformation Church of Eng. I. 273 Such a ‘tuning’ of pulpits and official houses..has been succeeded..by the influence of the press.

c. transferred: see tune v. 1c, 1d. Also, the process of making adjustments to the engine of a motor vehicle so as to improve its performance.

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the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > adaptation or adjustment > [noun] > adjustment for accuracy or smooth operation

squaring1838

truing1852

tuning1863

calibrating1897

fine tuning1915

tune-up1933

tune1971

tweaking1975

society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > testing, servicing, and storage of motor vehicles > [noun] > specific servicing or repair operations

tuning1916

oil change1944

wheel balancing1951

panel beating1953

1863 E. FitzGerald Lett. (1889) I. 290 Yesterday we gave her what they call ‘a tuning’ in a rather heavy swell round Orford Ness.

1891 Labour Commission Gloss. Tuning, a term used in Yorkshire synonymous with the term ‘tackling’..; it means repairing, &c. a loom when it breaks down and keeping it generally in order.

1916 R. T. Nicholson Bk. of Ford 151 With proper ‘tuning’, you ought..to get from 25 to 30 miles per gallon on give-and-take roads.

1939 W. Hassan in Earl Howe et al. Motor Racing (Lonsdale Libr. XXVII) xv. 181 One of the most important items in the tuning of a racing car is the correct interpretation and application of the rules of the race for which it is being prepared.

1971 C. Williams Car Conversions v. 127 The most advanced tuning of all is found on racing engines, where the average small capacity unit may be producing more than twice the power of an equivalent engine in a road car.

d. The adjustment of a transmitter or receiver to a particular signal frequency or wavelength; variation of the resonant frequency of an oscillatory circuit. Also tuning in, the action of adjusting a radio set to a desired frequency; the selection (of a frequency) by this process; also transferred; tuning out, the cutting out (of a radio transmission) by tuning.

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society > communication > telecommunication > radio communications > [noun] > tuning or mistuning

tuning1899

tune1909

mistuning1914

fine tuning1915

synchronization1932

synchronizing1943

the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electronics > electronic devices or components > operation of electronic devices > [noun] > tuning

tuning1899

permeability tuning1933

stagger tuning1953

slug tuning1957

1899 Notices Proc. Royal Inst. Great Brit. 15 475 It is easy to transmit many messages in any direction at the same time. It is only necessary to tune the transmitters and receivers to the same frequency or ‘note’... Tuning is very easy.

1908 Rep. Brit. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. 1907 622 The various self-inductions and other arrangements for effecting tuning are similarly wound.

1927 W. E. Collinson Contemp. Eng. 113 If they have heard through a friend's set they..will have some inkling of the mysteries of tuning in and tuning out.

1929 Radio Times 8 Nov. 386/1 Only three knobs..one for tuning, one for volume and one for wavelengths.

1934 H. Jackson Maxims Bks. & Reading 9 Reading is nothing but tuning oneself in to a book in a spirit of reverential subjection.

1940 Amer. Speech 15 247 He allows nobody else to have anything to do with the tuning-in and the tuning-out (or the turning-off) of the radio programs.

1970 J. Earl How to choose Tuners & Amplifiers iii. 73 Very accurate tuning is essential for good stereo reception.

1975 D. G. Fink Electronics Engineers' Handbk. xxi. 11 The transmitter is designed for a minimum of tuning adjustment, and..all tuning can be performed from the front panel using only two controls.

1977 Listener 17 Mar. 344/1 A furtive tuning-in to Radio 3.

a. The action of uttering musical sounds.

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modulationa1398

timing?1578

tuning1609

musicking1703

melodizing1786

rendering1840

rendition1851

1609 J. Dowland tr. A. Ornithoparchus Micrologus ii. i. sig. B2^v Mvsicke..is a knowledge of Tuning, which consists in sound and Song.

1610 W. Attersoll Hist. Balak in Notes & Queries 9th Ser. IV. 104/1 Many vse in their teaching..knocking of the Pulpit..fidling with the fingers, tuning with the voice.

1769 H. Brooke Fool of Quality IV. xvii. 254 Sentimental and rapturous tunings that rise up..from eternity to eternity.

†b. The setting or determination of pitch in singing; the exercising of the voice in the correct pitch of the notes of the scale. Obsolete.

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tuning1597

inflectiona1600

port of the voice1728

1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke Pref. Any of but meane capacitie, so they can but truely sing their tunings, which we commonly call the sixe notes.

1655 J. Playford Introd. Skill Musick i. 30 A word or two concerning the Tuning of the Voyce.

3. With up: see to tune up at tune v. Phrasal verbs.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > tuning or intonation > [noun]

temperure1390

modulation1543

tuning1554

temperature1592

temperament1728

intonation1776

just intonation1850

tuning1902

tune-up1977

1902 Westm. Gaz. 24 Oct. 3/1 These chapters, however, form but a preliminary tuning-up,..and the first vigorous note is struck in the fourth chapter, ‘Dissent and Defoe’.

1908 Westm. Gaz. 14 May 10/1 A new place had been provided for ‘tuning-up’..a long way from plaintiffs' houses.

Compounds

C1. General attributive. (In sense 1d.)

tuning buzzer n.

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1925 P. J. Risdon Crystal Receivers 33 In order to ensure that the crystal is functioning, before attempting to tune in, we may employ what is known as a tuning buzzer.

tuning circuit n.

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1943 C. L. Boltz Basic Radio xii. 195 We then put a coil in the aerial to earth circuit, and couple this inductively to the coil of the tuning circuit.

tuning coil n.

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1923 Pop. Wireless 13 Oct. (Suppl.) 1 Many wireless amateurs experience considerable difficulty in estimating the maximum wavelengths of their tuning coils.

1978 F. Maclean Take Nine Spies iv. 148 The copper wire needed for the tuning coils he managed..to buy in Tokyo.

tuning condenser n.

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1913 Wireless World Apr. p. xxix If the aerial tuning condenser was set to its previous value and the tuning-switch (not the aerial tuning inductance) put to the second stop, the maximum signals were again obtained.

1926 E. H. Chapman Illustr. Wireless Dict. 137 Tuning condenser, a variable condenser used to tune a circuit.

tuning indicator n.

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1937 F. E. Terman Radio Engin. (ed. 2) xiii. 559 A more recent development in tuning indicators is a special miniature cathode-ray tube.

tuning inductance n.

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1913Tuning inductance [see tuning condenser n.].

tuning knob n.

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1981 Sunday Express 12 July (Colour Suppl.) 33/4 For a monthly subscription fee the tuning knob of a British domestic TV set could then offer a dozen or more channels.

tuning meter n.

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1978 N.Y. Times 30 Mar. b11/1 (advt.) Model STA-52..includes..tuning meter and a cabinet that's made of genuine walnut veneer.

tuning room n.

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1872 H. T. Ellacombe Church Bells Devon 208 There was in the tuning room a peal of eight bells.

C2. (In sense 1.)

tuning-board n. in the organ, a piece of wood screwed to one side of the top of an open wood pipe for tuning it.

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tuning-board1852

tuning-crook1852

tuning-funnel1852

tuning-wire1876

tuning-cone1881

tuner1891

tuning-horn-

1852 tr. J. J. Seidel Organ & its Constr. 149 Open wood pipes have at their aperture a small board, called a tuning-board.

tuning-cone n. a hollow cone of wood or metal used for tuning the metal flue-pipes of an organ.

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tuning-board1852

tuning-crook1852

tuning-funnel1852

tuning-wire1876

tuning-cone1881

tuner1891

tuning-horn-

1881 J. Broadhouse Student's Helmholtz 405 An organ-pipe is..slightly sharpened by pressing out the edges of its open end, as by the ‘tuning cone’.

tuning-crook n. (a) an implement used in tuning the reed-pipes of an organ; (b) in brass wind-instruments, = crook n. 8a.

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tuning-board1852

tuning-crook1852

tuning-funnel1852

tuning-wire1876

tuning-cone1881

tuner1891

tuning-horn-

1852 tr. J. J. Seidel Organ & its Constr. 28 The screw-key (now used in tuning the reed-pipes instead of the tuning-crook) is an invention of our own time.

tuning-funnel n. = tuning-cone n.

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tuning-board1852

tuning-crook1852

tuning-funnel1852

tuning-wire1876

tuning-cone1881

tuner1891

tuning-horn-

1852 tr. J. J. Seidel Organ & its Constr. 149 With some open pewter pipes the tuning-funnels cannot be used.

tuning-hammer n. a tuning-key for a piano, generally spec. one with a double wooden head like that of a hammer, used for driving in the wrest-pins when new strings are fitted in.

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tuning-hammer1786

tuning-fork1877

1786 T. Busby Compl. Dict. Music Tuning-hammer, a steel or iron utensil, used by harpsichord and piano-forte tuners.

1805 E. Thunder Brit. Patent 2811 2 The top..is flattened to receive the tuning hammer.

tuning-hole n. in the organ, an opening near the top of a flue-pipe, adjustable by a flap (see tuner n. 2c) so as to alter the pitch.

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tuning-horn n. = tuning-cone n.

tuning-key n. a key (key n.¹ 14 (b)) used for turning the wrest-pins in tuning a stringed instrument, as a piano or harp.

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wrest1398

tuning-key1860

tuning-lever1889

tuning-wrench-

1860 All Year Round 11 Aug. 430 The tuning-key of David's harp, which was shown at Erfurt.

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tuning-knife n. a long piece of steel used in tuning the reed-pipes of an organ (also called reed-knife).

tuning-lever n. = tuning-key n.

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wrest1398

tuning-key1860

tuning-lever1889

tuning-wrench-

1889 A. J. Hipkins in G. Grove Dict. Music IV. 189/2 The old way of tuning pianos by the Tuning Hammer (or a Tuning Lever) remains in vogue.

tuning-peg n. one of the pegs round which the strings of a stringed instrument are passed, and by turning which they are tuned; a wrest-pin.

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pina1475

peg1589

wrest-pin1783

temper-pin1788

tuning-peg1842

tuning-pin1877

1842 S. Lover Handy Andy xv Having adjusted the blue ribbon over her shoulder, and twisted the tuning-pegs, and thrummed upon the wires for some time.

tuning-pin n. = tuning-peg n.

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pina1475

peg1589

wrest-pin1783

temper-pin1788

tuning-peg1842

tuning-pin1877

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > keyboard instrument > stringed keyboards > [noun] > pianoforte > wrest block or pin

pinblock1704

wrest-pin1783

wrest block1787

wrest-plank1799

string-block1851

tuning-pin1877

hitch-pin1878

string-pin1889

1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Tuning-pin.

1896 A. J. Hipkins Descr. & Hist. Pianoforte 13 The Wrest-plank..is the plank or block in which the wrest or tuning-pins are inserted.

tuning-screw n. a screw used in tuning a musical instrument.

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tuning-screw1852

1852 tr. J. J. Seidel Organ & its Constr. 153 Some organ-builders provide reed-pipes with a tuning-screw instead of a tuning-crook.

tuning-slide n. a slide in a metal wind-instrument, used to bring it into tune with other instruments in an orchestra.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > wind instrument > brass instruments > [noun] > parts of > other parts

crook1842

shank1885

tuning-slide1885

mouth pipe1973

1885 G. B. Shaw in Our Corner Nov. 313 Brass instruments have resources in shanks and tuning-slides for flattening.

1961 A. C. Baines Musical Instruments through Ages 358 Tuning slide, in wind instruments, a part of the tubing that is made extensible for the purposes of tuning.

tuning-wire n. in the organ, a bent wire in a reed-pipe, used in tuning.

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tuning-board1852

tuning-crook1852

tuning-funnel1852

tuning-wire1876

tuning-cone1881

tuner1891

tuning-horn-

1876–98 J. Stainer & W. A. Barrett Dict. Musical Terms 345/1 A reed-pipe consists of a boot, block, reed, tongue, wedge, tuning wire, and tube.

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单词	tuning
释义	tuningn. Brit. /ˈtjuːnɪŋ/, /ˈtʃuːnɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈt(j)unɪŋ/ Etymology: < tune v. + -ing suffix¹. The action of tune v. 1. a. The action or process of putting an instrument in tune; a system according to which this is done (cf. temperament n. 10). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > tuning or intonation > [noun] temperure1390 modulation1543 tuning1554 temperature1592 temperament1728 intonation1776 just intonation1850 tuning1902 tune-up1977 1554–5 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1871) II. 358 Item, to Sir Johne Fietie,..for tonying of the organis at Sanct Geillis day,..xxiiij^s. 1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 72 The foolish Musitians..spent so much time in unseasonable tuning. 1655 in 12th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1890) App. v. 5 The polyphon is an instrument of so different a stringing and tuning that [etc.]. 1787 Thompson's Pat. in 6th Rep. Deputy Keeper Public Rec. ii. 176 A perfect and compleat Machine or Instrument..for the more easy and expeditious tuning of Harpsichords, Piano Forts, Spinnets [etc.]. 1910 Tovey in Encycl. Brit. III. 129/2 [article Bach] With the object of stimulating tuning by ‘equal temperament’ instead of sacrificing the euphony of remoter keys to that of the more usual ones. b. figurative: see tune v. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > [noun] > action of bringing into agreement or harmony conciliation1543 reconcilement1560 reconciliation1560 consorting1611 tuning1654 harmonization1837 attunement1866 1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 342 The Soule needs not more a well organiz'd Body, to exercise it Functions with spritely Vigor,.. than that Soule, and those Organs need the Tuneings of Education. 1699 Ld. Shaftesbury Inq. conc. Virtue ii. i. 98 It would be agreeable..to inquire thus into the different tunings..to their passions. 1868 J. H. Blunt Reformation Church of Eng. I. 273 Such a ‘tuning’ of pulpits and official houses..has been succeeded..by the influence of the press. c. transferred: see tune v. 1c, 1d. Also, the process of making adjustments to the engine of a motor vehicle so as to improve its performance. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > adaptation or adjustment > [noun] > adjustment for accuracy or smooth operation squaring1838 truing1852 tuning1863 calibrating1897 fine tuning1915 tune-up1933 tune1971 tweaking1975 society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > testing, servicing, and storage of motor vehicles > [noun] > specific servicing or repair operations tuning1916 oil change1944 wheel balancing1951 panel beating1953 1863 E. FitzGerald Lett. (1889) I. 290 Yesterday we gave her what they call ‘a tuning’ in a rather heavy swell round Orford Ness. 1891 Labour Commission Gloss. Tuning, a term used in Yorkshire synonymous with the term ‘tackling’..; it means repairing, &c. a loom when it breaks down and keeping it generally in order. 1916 R. T. Nicholson Bk. of Ford 151 With proper ‘tuning’, you ought..to get from 25 to 30 miles per gallon on give-and-take roads. 1939 W. Hassan in Earl Howe et al. Motor Racing (Lonsdale Libr. XXVII) xv. 181 One of the most important items in the tuning of a racing car is the correct interpretation and application of the rules of the race for which it is being prepared. 1971 C. Williams Car Conversions v. 127 The most advanced tuning of all is found on racing engines, where the average small capacity unit may be producing more than twice the power of an equivalent engine in a road car. d. The adjustment of a transmitter or receiver to a particular signal frequency or wavelength; variation of the resonant frequency of an oscillatory circuit. Also tuning in, the action of adjusting a radio set to a desired frequency; the selection (of a frequency) by this process; also transferred; tuning out, the cutting out (of a radio transmission) by tuning. ΘΚΠ society > communication > telecommunication > radio communications > [noun] > tuning or mistuning tuning1899 tune1909 mistuning1914 fine tuning1915 synchronization1932 synchronizing1943 the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electronics > electronic devices or components > operation of electronic devices > [noun] > tuning tuning1899 permeability tuning1933 stagger tuning1953 slug tuning1957 1899 Notices Proc. Royal Inst. Great Brit. 15 475 It is easy to transmit many messages in any direction at the same time. It is only necessary to tune the transmitters and receivers to the same frequency or ‘note’... Tuning is very easy. 1908 Rep. Brit. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. 1907 622 The various self-inductions and other arrangements for effecting tuning are similarly wound. 1927 W. E. Collinson Contemp. Eng. 113 If they have heard through a friend's set they..will have some inkling of the mysteries of tuning in and tuning out. 1929 Radio Times 8 Nov. 386/1 Only three knobs..one for tuning, one for volume and one for wavelengths. 1934 H. Jackson Maxims Bks. & Reading 9 Reading is nothing but tuning oneself in to a book in a spirit of reverential subjection. 1940 Amer. Speech 15 247 He allows nobody else to have anything to do with the tuning-in and the tuning-out (or the turning-off) of the radio programs. 1970 J. Earl How to choose Tuners & Amplifiers iii. 73 Very accurate tuning is essential for good stereo reception. 1975 D. G. Fink Electronics Engineers' Handbk. xxi. 11 The transmitter is designed for a minimum of tuning adjustment, and..all tuning can be performed from the front panel using only two controls. 1977 Listener 17 Mar. 344/1 A furtive tuning-in to Radio 3. 2. a. The action of uttering musical sounds. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > [noun] modulationa1398 timing?1578 tuning1609 musicking1703 melodizing1786 rendering1840 rendition1851 1609 J. Dowland tr. A. Ornithoparchus Micrologus ii. i. sig. B2^v Mvsicke..is a knowledge of Tuning, which consists in sound and Song. 1610 W. Attersoll Hist. Balak in Notes & Queries 9th Ser. IV. 104/1 Many vse in their teaching..knocking of the Pulpit..fidling with the fingers, tuning with the voice. 1769 H. Brooke Fool of Quality IV. xvii. 254 Sentimental and rapturous tunings that rise up..from eternity to eternity. †b. The setting or determination of pitch in singing; the exercising of the voice in the correct pitch of the notes of the scale. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > singing > [noun] > modulation of voice tuning1597 inflectiona1600 port of the voice1728 1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke Pref. Any of but meane capacitie, so they can but truely sing their tunings, which we commonly call the sixe notes. 1655 J. Playford Introd. Skill Musick i. 30 A word or two concerning the Tuning of the Voyce. 3. With up: see to tune up at tune v. Phrasal verbs. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > tuning or intonation > [noun] temperure1390 modulation1543 tuning1554 temperature1592 temperament1728 intonation1776 just intonation1850 tuning1902 tune-up1977 1902 Westm. Gaz. 24 Oct. 3/1 These chapters, however, form but a preliminary tuning-up,..and the first vigorous note is struck in the fourth chapter, ‘Dissent and Defoe’. 1908 Westm. Gaz. 14 May 10/1 A new place had been provided for ‘tuning-up’..a long way from plaintiffs' houses. Compounds C1. General attributive. (In sense 1d.) tuning buzzer n. ΚΠ 1925 P. J. Risdon Crystal Receivers 33 In order to ensure that the crystal is functioning, before attempting to tune in, we may employ what is known as a tuning buzzer. tuning circuit n. ΚΠ 1943 C. L. Boltz Basic Radio xii. 195 We then put a coil in the aerial to earth circuit, and couple this inductively to the coil of the tuning circuit. tuning coil n. ΚΠ 1923 Pop. Wireless 13 Oct. (Suppl.) 1 Many wireless amateurs experience considerable difficulty in estimating the maximum wavelengths of their tuning coils. 1978 F. Maclean Take Nine Spies iv. 148 The copper wire needed for the tuning coils he managed..to buy in Tokyo. tuning condenser n. ΚΠ 1913 Wireless World Apr. p. xxix If the aerial tuning condenser was set to its previous value and the tuning-switch (not the aerial tuning inductance) put to the second stop, the maximum signals were again obtained. 1926 E. H. Chapman Illustr. Wireless Dict. 137 Tuning condenser, a variable condenser used to tune a circuit. tuning indicator n. ΚΠ 1937 F. E. Terman Radio Engin. (ed. 2) xiii. 559 A more recent development in tuning indicators is a special miniature cathode-ray tube. tuning inductance n. ΚΠ 1913Tuning inductance [see tuning condenser n.]. tuning knob n. ΚΠ 1981 Sunday Express 12 July (Colour Suppl.) 33/4 For a monthly subscription fee the tuning knob of a British domestic TV set could then offer a dozen or more channels. tuning meter n. ΚΠ 1978 N.Y. Times 30 Mar. b11/1 (advt.) Model STA-52..includes..tuning meter and a cabinet that's made of genuine walnut veneer. tuning room n. ΚΠ 1872 H. T. Ellacombe Church Bells Devon 208 There was in the tuning room a peal of eight bells. C2. (In sense 1.) tuning-board n. in the organ, a piece of wood screwed to one side of the top of an open wood pipe for tuning it. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > tuning or intonation > [noun] > device for tuning instruments > for tuning organ tuning-board1852 tuning-crook1852 tuning-funnel1852 tuning-wire1876 tuning-cone1881 tuner1891 tuning-horn- 1852 tr. J. J. Seidel Organ & its Constr. 149 Open wood pipes have at their aperture a small board, called a tuning-board. tuning-cone n. a hollow cone of wood or metal used for tuning the metal flue-pipes of an organ. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > tuning or intonation > [noun] > device for tuning instruments > for tuning organ tuning-board1852 tuning-crook1852 tuning-funnel1852 tuning-wire1876 tuning-cone1881 tuner1891 tuning-horn- 1881 J. Broadhouse Student's Helmholtz 405 An organ-pipe is..slightly sharpened by pressing out the edges of its open end, as by the ‘tuning cone’. tuning-crook n. (a) an implement used in tuning the reed-pipes of an organ; (b) in brass wind-instruments, = crook n. 8a. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > tuning or intonation > [noun] > device for tuning instruments > for tuning organ tuning-board1852 tuning-crook1852 tuning-funnel1852 tuning-wire1876 tuning-cone1881 tuner1891 tuning-horn- 1852 tr. J. J. Seidel Organ & its Constr. 28 The screw-key (now used in tuning the reed-pipes instead of the tuning-crook) is an invention of our own time. tuning-funnel n. = tuning-cone n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > tuning or intonation > [noun] > device for tuning instruments > for tuning organ tuning-board1852 tuning-crook1852 tuning-funnel1852 tuning-wire1876 tuning-cone1881 tuner1891 tuning-horn- 1852 tr. J. J. Seidel Organ & its Constr. 149 With some open pewter pipes the tuning-funnels cannot be used. tuning-hammer n. a tuning-key for a piano, generally spec. one with a double wooden head like that of a hammer, used for driving in the wrest-pins when new strings are fitted in. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > tuning or intonation > [noun] > device for tuning instruments > for tuning piano tuning-hammer1786 tuning-fork1877 1786 T. Busby Compl. Dict. Music Tuning-hammer, a steel or iron utensil, used by harpsichord and piano-forte tuners. 1805 E. Thunder Brit. Patent 2811 2 The top..is flattened to receive the tuning hammer. tuning-hole n. in the organ, an opening near the top of a flue-pipe, adjustable by a flap (see tuner n. 2c) so as to alter the pitch. Thesaurus » Categories » tuning-horn n. = tuning-cone n. tuning-key n. a key (key n.¹ 14 (b)) used for turning the wrest-pins in tuning a stringed instrument, as a piano or harp. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > tuning or intonation > [noun] > device for tuning instruments > for tuning strings wrest1398 tuning-key1860 tuning-lever1889 tuning-wrench- 1860 All Year Round 11 Aug. 430 The tuning-key of David's harp, which was shown at Erfurt. Categories » tuning-knife n. a long piece of steel used in tuning the reed-pipes of an organ (also called reed-knife). tuning-lever n. = tuning-key n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > tuning or intonation > [noun] > device for tuning instruments > for tuning strings wrest1398 tuning-key1860 tuning-lever1889 tuning-wrench- 1889 A. J. Hipkins in G. Grove Dict. Music IV. 189/2 The old way of tuning pianos by the Tuning Hammer (or a Tuning Lever) remains in vogue. tuning-peg n. one of the pegs round which the strings of a stringed instrument are passed, and by turning which they are tuned; a wrest-pin. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > stringed instruments > [noun] > parts generally > tuning-peg pina1475 peg1589 wrest-pin1783 temper-pin1788 tuning-peg1842 tuning-pin1877 1842 S. Lover Handy Andy xv Having adjusted the blue ribbon over her shoulder, and twisted the tuning-pegs, and thrummed upon the wires for some time. tuning-pin n. = tuning-peg n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > stringed instruments > [noun] > parts generally > tuning-peg pina1475 peg1589 wrest-pin1783 temper-pin1788 tuning-peg1842 tuning-pin1877 society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > keyboard instrument > stringed keyboards > [noun] > pianoforte > wrest block or pin pinblock1704 wrest-pin1783 wrest block1787 wrest-plank1799 string-block1851 tuning-pin1877 hitch-pin1878 string-pin1889 1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Tuning-pin. 1896 A. J. Hipkins Descr. & Hist. Pianoforte 13 The Wrest-plank..is the plank or block in which the wrest or tuning-pins are inserted. tuning-screw n. a screw used in tuning a musical instrument. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > tuning or intonation > [noun] > device for tuning instruments tuning-screw1852 1852 tr. J. J. Seidel Organ & its Constr. 153 Some organ-builders provide reed-pipes with a tuning-screw instead of a tuning-crook. tuning-slide n. a slide in a metal wind-instrument, used to bring it into tune with other instruments in an orchestra. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > wind instrument > brass instruments > [noun] > parts of > other parts crook1842 shank1885 tuning-slide1885 mouth pipe1973 1885 G. B. Shaw in Our Corner Nov. 313 Brass instruments have resources in shanks and tuning-slides for flattening. 1961 A. C. Baines Musical Instruments through Ages 358 Tuning slide, in wind instruments, a part of the tubing that is made extensible for the purposes of tuning. tuning-wire n. in the organ, a bent wire in a reed-pipe, used in tuning. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > tuning or intonation > [noun] > device for tuning instruments > for tuning organ tuning-board1852 tuning-crook1852 tuning-funnel1852 tuning-wire1876 tuning-cone1881 tuner1891 tuning-horn- 1876–98 J. Stainer & W. A. Barrett Dict. Musical Terms 345/1 A reed-pipe consists of a boot, block, reed, tongue, wedge, tuning wire, and tube. Thesaurus » Categories » tuning-wrench n. = tuning-key n. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1554
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