1929 Wurly

[Farrell]

I have never seen them before either, but there have been lots of posts
regarding this Wurly setup before. Look in the archives. Late last year
there was a lot of banter about them. Lots of info there.

Terry Farrell
Piano Tuning & Service
Tampa, Florida
mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "L. Verkoelen" <mrfixit@pineknot.com>
To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, February 26, 2001 7:19 PM
Subject: 1929 Wurly


> Thanks for the replies to my post on grand regulating. Started the job
today
> and things are going along fine. When I pulled out the action, I came
across
> something I have never seen before or heard about either.
> This piano has no pinblock, (yes I know I should have looked at this on
> initial inspection, but with the piano on pitch and no major problems
> apparent, it slipped my mind. It's hell getting old!!) The tuning pins are
> screwed into the plate directly. The bottom of the pins are slotted and
tiny
> metal wedges were tapped into the bottoms to maintain tension.
> Has anybody seen this before and do I have to do something special before
I
> tune it.
>
>