Fender Rhodes question

[Avery Todd]

But don't touch the tines with your fingers. It will change later if 
you do because of the heat!

DAMHIK

Avery

At 04:07 PM 10/21/05, you wrote:
>You can stand the harp on edge (with the tines facing you at the 
>bench) once you remove the 4 Phillips screws that hold it to the 
>action blocks.  It has a bracket attached for this purpose.  Then 
>you can just pluck the tines, kind of like playing a harp, and turn 
>the little coil springs to tune.  If you have an etd with an input 
>jack you can plug the Rhodes directly into it.
>To stretch...or not to stretch... depends on what it is being played 
>with.  If it is a substitute for an acoustic piano, or is played 
>with one, stretch away.  If it is used along with an electric organ, 
>little or no stretch sounds better.
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Phil Bondi <phil@philbondi.com>
>Sent: Oct 21, 2005 1:28 PM
>To: Newtonville <pianotech@ptg.org>
>Subject: Fender Rhodes question
>
>I've got a gig to tune 2 of them next Sunday..both of them suitcase models.
>
>I use to own one in another life, and I can't remember if there's a
>trick to getting the top off or not. I already know to keep any stretch
>to a minimum on them, but getting to the tynes...
>
>any help?
>
>-Phil Bondi(Fl)
>
>
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