AutoStrobe™ for Steel Pan Despite being a relatively new member of the percussion family, steel pan tuning techniques have advanced rapidly with the result that more strobe tuners are used in pan manufacture than any other tuner.
Because of the short "voice" of the pan, needle/LED display type tuners cannot track the signal to identify a tone. Peterson Strobe Tuners are real-time tuners and are ideally suited for the task. The need to see the first few partials or overtones further makes a strobe tuner a necessity for steel pan tuning.
Steel pan makers have used Peterson Strobe Tuners ever since it was discovered that, by adjusting the overtones (1st (fundamental), 2nd and third partial), the pan's sound seemed to sparkle in a way that it did not previously.
Over the years, together with experienced ears, a tuning stick, a hammer, and a strobe tuner, the unmistakeable, exotic and uplifting sound of the pan has been molded into shape.
We at Peterson are proud that our strobe tuners have become the standard tuning tool for tuning pan! | 
