Hi Avery. How do you slide the coil without touching the tine? The coils on both Rhodes I tuned were pretty tight. I did try using a small flat head screwdriver to gently slide the coil as to not break the tines however my fingers seemed to work best. What's the best technique? Thanks in advance for your advice. Aart Aart in America Piano Services Hoboken, New Jersey On Oct 22, 2005, at 3:28 PM, Avery Todd wrote: > 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) >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >> >> _______________________________________________ >> pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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