[net.music] metronome problem

gregg@sri-unix (09/14/82)

Has anybody ever worked on a "Super-Mini-Taktell" metronome (the little
red ones)?  Mine was getting really slow, so I took it apart and cleaned some
dust out of it, and put a little (valve) oil on a couple of bearings.  That got
rid of the problem, but caused a new one: the metronome now seems to prefer
5/8 time to 2/4.  Of course, there are little positioning tricks I can use to
get an even beat, but I'd prefer to have it work correctly on a level surface.
Any suggestions for an adjustment?  Go ahead and reply to the net, because
it seems like 2 out of 3 musicians have eccentric metronomes.

Greg Gadeholt
Tektronix MDP