This isn't really on technique- but I just wondered what you all would recommend as far as metronomes go. Mine has died this last week, and I can't believe I'm actually saying this, but I want another one! (I always used to hate the thing.) I am now going to look at vandaking.com and just wondered if you all had shopped there. I want to get a metronome without a strong beat weak beat. Those are kind of annoying for certain areas. Especially when I use them for my students.
Any help is great,
Thanks!

Wittner Taktell Picollo Metronome It's maroon color. I will have received it on ebay. I will have to wait still in order to by an mp3 recorder.

Boss DB-90 Talking Metronome. It counts all the odd meters, accents various beats, counts
triplets, eighths, sixteenth notes etc... and it has a voice that drives your animals wild! The voice is
optional of course.

Thanks for that info, Brian. Think I will get one of those!

I have one of those wind-up tick-tock thingies.

lol- my cat hates me already for the music I make. Poor thing wouldn't be able to take that metronome. haha.

It came today- I'm pretty pleased.

In case anyone else likes the mechanical wind-up metronomes, you can find them at antique shops (or ebay at your own risk). That's where I found mine. It's the typical square pyramidal shape, made of wood by Seth Thomas, and has a loud tick tock, unlike my electronic Boss TU-80 which I can barely hear. Some of the old clock manufacturers made beautiful metronomes. I picked mine up for $45. With this economy, you can find one cheaper. Test it at the shop making sure that it winds up all the way, is loud, plays smoothly for several minutes, has a cover with latch intact, and can restarts fine. You never have to worry about batteries.

I am really enjoying my metronome. Especially for my students. They don't have to wait for the strong beat anymore.

I still use my old Franz Model LM-FB-4 electric metronome. You can have the audible click with the flashing light on the top, or just the light signal alone. For a very long time in history, Franz made terrific metronomes. When digitals started appearing, they briefly offered a few digital models, but then left the metronome business. I'll have to get a digital someday, but not until the Franz dies (that is, when it no longer has a pulse ).

David

Oh, boooooo! ( haha really, though)

Yeah, I know, there goes my dry sense of humor again.

I use the Wittner MT-40 digital metronome. Pretty standard stuff, nothing too fancy.... I actually have three because I lost one under the organ pedals for several months and another one disappeared somewhere in my car. I used an old metronome with a weight on it for a while, but then when my niece was two or three she got ahold of it and hid the weight somewhere and we never found it. I've gone digital ever since.

Did she one day suddenly gain a little weight herself?