Fwd: toy piano tuning (Shoenhut)

[R E Barber]

Got this message today regarding how to flatten sharp rods in a 
Shoenhut toy piano.  Thanks Andrew for your email!

Rick Barber


Begin forwarded message:

> From: Andrew Gordon <agordon143 at yahoo.com>
> Date: March 10, 2006 6:48:13 PM PST
> To: bassooner42 at yahoo.com
> Subject: toy piano tuning
>
> Hey, I saw your message on the net about tuning up a toy piano, so I 
> thought I'd share my success with that -- I called the Schoenhut toy 
> company, and they said they tune sharp rods by adding little springs 
> to the bottom (flat, grind off), so I figured I could do that MYSELF 
> -- went to Ace hardware, and sure enough, number 121 spring works 
> great -- you just have to have some wire clippers, as you don't need 
> much of the spring, and it is pretty painstaking in getting it just 
> right, but it works great, so thought I'd share, and feel free to pass 
> it on!
>  
> andrew
>  
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