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Originally Posted by Stonehauler
A clip on tuner runs about 11-25 bucks depending on the model.
Let's say you go with the cheapest. Even wholesale pricing is probably only going to be 8-9 bucks, so you are looking at adding in 90 bucks just to add in 10 tuners. While that might be a worthwhile addition later on, when you are first starting out, that's going to be almost half the cost of one guitar. Plus you are going to have students that leave the thing on, batteries will wear down and need replacement, etc.
You might consider getting one tuner that the teacher can see (tune top string to low E), then teach them how to self tune to bring the others to pitch.
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There are a number of national/international organizations that teach thousands of children a year to play guitar/ukulele. They all purchase and use clip on tuners for a variety of reasons. It is difficult for instructors to find time to personally tune a dozen or two instruments before every class. Many experienced musicians don't tune by ear, let alone having a score of students try to do so amid the din cause by all their classmates doing the same thing.
It is sort of the cost of doing business if you want to avoid spending half of every class getting everyone in tune.