There is a tool. If you compress the coil length-wise, it is loose. Normally, too loose. Like Ron, I twist them. I seem to remember a Rhodes tech rep way back when ( I put some serious miles on a Rhodes) telling me that twisting was the preferred method. Had a Yamaha PT3 scope. 20 minutes tops for my 73. Didn't notice any temperature problems. Of course, with tremolo, phase-shifters, and wah-wah, who could tell? Later, Guy At 07:21 PM 10/22/2005 -0500, you wrote: >At 05:49 PM 10/22/05, you wrote: > >>>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 >> >> >>I tried tapping the coils with a screwdriver, but ended up grabbing them >>with my fingers. Small movements are easy if you turn the coil as you >>move it. It's been a while, but I don't recall any particular problems >>with heat changing pitch. Maybe Avery has hotter phalanges than I do, or >>I wasn't that picky then. > >Well, I WAS a lot younger then! :-D > >Seriously, though, I seem to remember something about there being a tool >specifically designed for this. I used my fingers then, also, but I also >had a little problem with the pitch staying where I wanted it. I like the >hemostat idea, also. It seems like that would work fine. > >Avery > > >>Ron N >>_______________________________________________ >>pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > > >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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