[pianotech] another Interesting find

[Ken & Pat Gerler]

I had purchased a Conn Strobotuner when I got into organ servicing (in the '70s).  That one was stolen and I got another one "somewhere".  I always tuned pianos by ear. In organs it was more difficult to set a temperament because like the Wurlitzer pianos that you had to tune from the back, it was easier to tune with it and  configuring a pickup coil in the Conn Tuning wand, for some Conn's they just had to be on as the oscillators were always "on" so the tuning could be done from the back of the organ.  But after I acquired my Reyburn Cybertuner, I retired the Strobotuner.

Ken
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Dale Erwin 
  To: pianotech at ptg.org 
  Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2010 1:29 PM
  Subject: Re: [pianotech] another Interesting find


  One of my mentors used one of these.  I think it weighed 40 lbs. He was one of the most stable tuners I ever followed.  Of course I am not giving the machine much credit. 




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  -----Original Message-----
  From: Ron Nossaman <rnossaman at cox.net>
  To: pianotech at ptg.org
  Sent: Thu, Oct 21, 2010 11:03 am
  Subject: [pianotech] another Interesting find


  The other day, looking in a desk drawer for something else, I ran across this card I'd found in a piano years ago. I thought the current ETD users out there would appreciate this. 
  Ron N 


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