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Stories about: tuning

How Superchargers Work Since the invention of the internal combustion engine, automotive engineers, speed junkies and racecar designers have been searching for ways to boost its power. One way to add power is to build a bigger engine. But bigger engines, which weigh more and cost more to build and maintain, are not always better. Another ... 26 March 2007 10:46 GMT Planetary-scale Tuning Zounds of people in the world play bass and guitar and one thing reunites them all despite the fact that one might play Segovia and a different one plays grindcore: they all have to be in tune! No matter what they play, their instruments must be perfectly tuned unless they all want to play noise.Tuning forks are real... 17 March 2007 05:27 GMT