Korg OT120 Reviews

Decent tuner

I like this tuner and use it daily to tune my mandolin, guitars and whistles. It is very accurate and responsive. I used it also for fine tuning of my analog synthesizer, and it served great. Downside is plastic material of chassis, it doesn't feel great, it feels a bit cheap. Everything else is great. Maybe light bulb in it could be a bit stronger, but it serves purpose. Needle is very useful for fine tuning instruments, I am a bit old school musician, so needle gives me a confidence when fine tuning (especialy when I work with fine tunning guitar and mandolin intonation).

Gets the job done

Gets the job done well, good response and accuracy. Nice extra features as well.

Korg OT120 Tuner

Nice quality tuner with handfull of features. Iuse it in my studio. It's not cheap.

Could have been better

I purchased this orchestral tuner to try tuning my upright piano. This Korg seemed to be the only option as I could find no alternative products in this class.

The reality is that the tuner presumably does its job reasonably well, although it does not detect sounds in the far bass and far treble octaves of the piano.

Also, I was quite utterly disappointed by the build quality of the device. It is made of cheap plastic and is very, very far from feeling "solid". All the switches and buttons are very wobbly and unpleasant to touch. Overall, it feels so much different from the sturdy construction of Korg's guitar tuner pedals.

Frankly speaking, it is a big disappointment.

It's a good product. I personally know professional tuners that use this exact model.

Best Tuner i've had

It is precise, easy to use, powerful and works for everything i do in my home studio. Places comfortably on table top.

My favourite tuner!!!

This is my favorite studio/workshop tuner by far! Excellent for doing setups/intonation. The needle is much easier to work with than any LED or strobe tuners. The various modes makes it really flexible too. It works great both with mic and jack and responds very nicely to all instruments I've tried.

Of course this isn't a stomp box so it's not really suitable for a pedal board but for studio use or doing setups in a guitar workshop it is absolutely superb.

I've tried pretty much all of the most popular tuners and this one makes my job so much easier than the rest. Unlike certain hi-end strobe tuners it isn't TOO precise, just perfect.

The only con would be the display. The display fades out completely when looking at it from certain angles. It's not a huge problem but can be slightly annoying, particularly when using the tilt back legs and looking at the tuner from above. I really wish they had used a better display.

Apart from the display I have no complaints. I can honestly say I've never been happier with a tuner and it's not even particularly expensive.

Highly recommended!

does the job, no complaint

If you have to tune a variety of instruments with varying temperaments, its the tool you need. It already has some ancient instrument presets like the valotti. Has a power input if you want to avoid using batteries, a plus. If you are into early music or any non western tunings, you need one.

Superb product!

Superb product!

Very easy to use.

Have all necessary for the musicians.

Low consummation of electricity and long battery live.

Korg OT120

Probably one of the best Tuners ever....

Perfect...

Very precise tuner. I bought it to do intonations on multiple guitars and it is bang on accurate.

Does not work for piano

I bought this tuner to use for tuning pianos. Korg claims that it has a detection range from 27-4186 Hz, which is completely untrue. The OT120 does NOT detect notes of neither the bottom two or top two octaves of a standard upright piano. I've tried to use it with 5 different pianos and it always has this problem.

So, don't buy it if you need to tune notes at 80 Hz or lower, or at 1500 Hz or higher.

But between (approximately) 80-1500 Hz, it works fine

Korg OT120 - Rhodes piano tuning

Korg OT120

I began the restoration of old Rhodes piano 73 mark 2

I successfully completed restorion but the problem is tuning. My guitar tuners, did not have enought scale for piano piano tuning.

When I looked online for a piano tuner I found that quite a high price. Then I found the Korg OT120 that I was an affordable, regardless of whether I need to refer to from time to time. I have successfully tuned the piano and I am pleased with its functionality

Works well so far.

Playing a 5 string, I wanted to find a tuner <£100 which would handle the lower frequencies, and had a good reputation.

Spot on, so far. It's picked up all the strings quickly and accurately (Tested this morning against online tuner/phone app/clip-on tuner/piano) and the features are useful and varied. The display is best viewed from within 5 feet, although the red lights indicating a 'lock' on the note are large and bright enough to be seen clearly from around 10 feet.

Only tiny niggle is the fact that it's a little bulky in-hand, though most of the time, most people probably won't be holding it when they use it.

The carrying pouch which is supplied with the tuner is pretty smart.

Happy with it.

A good pro quality tuner

I'm a pro bass guitarist and need all the features of this tuner. A mic, to check the piano's pitch in different venues, is essential. It also easily reads the low B of my bass. The stand is helpful for seeing the readout on stage. I look forward to years of reliable service.