Fender-Rhodes tuning

Rob & Helen Goodale rrg at unlv.nevada.edu
Fri Oct 12 21:48:22 MDT 2007


Ah yes, I forgot that was in there.  I don't know why I didn't think of that, Reblitz is a personal friend.  I would have felt pretty silly if I had called and asked him!  Several of you have provided some great information including pointing me to an on-line manual.  I think I should be able to figure it out from here.  Not that it is relevant here, but I have a partial set of Wurlitzer tines I salvaged from a really beat-up unit before I tossed it.

Rob Goodale, RPT
Las Vegas, NV


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Bruce Dornfeld 


  Reblitz's book on Piano Servicing, Tuning, & Rebuilding has enough on tuning the Rhodes to get you through it.  I also use a curved hemostat to move the springs.  I think I remember the Rhodes manual showing tuning stretched or straight with no stretch at all.  They really hold their tune pretty well, so I would try to determine if the last tuner stretched or not.  The Reblitz book also shows adjusting the pickups to the tines.  You want to know how to do this so you can get a consistent tone and volume from each note.  Have fun tomorrow!


  Bruce Dornfeld, RPT
  bdornfeld at earthlink.net
  847-498-0379
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