Screw Stringer

[Kit Cleworth]

Arthur:

I regularly tune a M&H 1890 Screwstringer grand.  It's pretty stable, but
you don't want to go much over correct pitch.  No dramatic pitch raises.
The old mechanisms won't take the stress.  I find the best results when I
start a little low and raise the pitch slowly while giving the note good
strong blows. 

As for the supply houses, they do supply a Mason & Hamlin wrench but the
sides are too thick to fit between the nuts.  You will have to do alot of
grinding on it.

Kit Cleworth

At 10:13 PM 11/6/99 -0500, you wrote:
>		List:
>		Any words of wisdom on tuning my first M&H screw stringer (1890).
>		tuning wrench is missing, would Schaff carry this item?
>		Thanks Arthur
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