I encountered a similar problem many years ago and then had one of my tips cut in, a friend with a metal lathe cut about 1.5mm in, from the outside diameter, about 1cm from hole up - this then overcomes such problem pianos. I've not had a Wurly to deal with, but other European makes, now and then. Brian Lawson, RPT Johannesburg, South Africa ----- Original Message ----- From: Thos. D. Carpenter To: list PTG Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2000 9:19 PM Subject: tuning pins too close Dear list, The other day I "ran into" a Wurlitzer console which had it`s top 2 tuning pins, at the 1st tri-chord unison, too close together. When I put the tuning lever tip on either of the top 2 pins the other tip would move. So, I need to return as soon as possible to tuning a clean unison. As it was, I roughly calculated how much the strings were moving once I removed the tuning hammer and moved the pin that amount sharp to compensate, but the unison is far from satisfactory. The owner mentioned that no other tuners had ever mentioned this, leaving me to wonder what I was missing. I`ve compared all my APSCO, Schaff, and Hale tips and they are a pretty much the same outside dimensions. I am anxious to please w/o asking the customer to recall the names of my competition. My plan, is to take a #2 tip which will not slide as far down the pin as the #3`s, which I normally use, and grind down the outside as much as necessary to allow it to fit on these pins w/o interfering with the adjacent pin. Any suggestions or better ideas? thanks, Tom Carpenter Berthoud, Co
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