I have been trying all types of tuners, including the clip-on "vibration feeler" types to tune timpanis and none of them seems able to detect the note being played.

I have tinnitis, as well as low frequency hearing loss (due to 12 years in the Army Field Artillery), and need to use a tuner as I can't hear the timps well enough to retune them while the band is playing.

For those not familiar with timpani playing, it is quite normal to have to tune the drums to different notes at various places within a piece of music. Since these retunings must take place quickly during a short timpani rest period (usually only a few measures) while the rest of the band is blaring away, one needs either a good ear or a tuner. I don't have the ear, so I need to find a tuner that will work for me.

Any suggestions?

Eu