[pianotech] tuning buddy

[paul bruesch]

Marshall,

You said:

I encountered a Yamaha console today ... the two little nuts are missing
for the turn buckle/linkage.  I thought I'd head to the hardware store
tomorrow before I head back to tune it.


Bruce Browning said

... take the turnbuckle with you to the hardware store, match the size
thread by trying a bolt in the hole ...


That way you can test various bolt/machine screw sizes in the hardware
store and easily be certain of getting the correct size. One of them will
be a left-hand thread, meaning that the threads spiral the opposite way of
"normal" (or right-hand) threads.

Be sure not to try to jam a right-hand thread bolt into the left-hand
thread end of the turnbuckle, or you'll be buying a new turnbuckle,
assuming the hardware store HAS a turnbuckle that matches the threads of
the linkage rods.

All that said, I think I've seen lots more muffler-rail linkage rod
adjusters without lock nuts than with. But I suppose if it's used
regularly, there may be a tendency for the turnbuckle to creep, which would
warrant lock nuts.

Paul Bruesch
Stillwater, MN

On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 4:14 PM, Marshall Gisondi <pianotune05 at hotmail.com>wrote:

>  Hi Terry & Ron,
> I at times get a buddy too when I'm in the customers house.  As my brother
> in law told me at lunch today, I'm the stranger in their house or
> foreigner. So I just try to deal with it if the little pup is a real pain.
> I love dogs, but it gets on my nerves when I cannot leave the tool box open
> and have to keep closing it when they come around and then start working
> again, messes up my concentration etc.  I had a cat the other day sniffing
> the action that I had on the floor.  I thought that was too funny.  Do cats
> like wool?  Dogs can be fun.  I had one yesterday that would just lay there
> by me while I tuned the piano a lab cocker mix.
>
> On a different note, I started getting this list from "region one ptg" Is
> this the new pTG list everyone's talking about?  I tried to post to it but
> needed a user name and ID. so I have to look up my member number.  It
> reminds me more of a message board.  It also has more of website look/feel
> to it rather than an e-mail interface.  I like it better in that the print
> is so crisp and dark and even.  On here, the font can vary so much in size
> and color.
>
> Also, I am still curiuos as to the intent of the comment made about my
> needing a nut for the linkage of the Yamaha muffler rail.  Someone here
> said that "the smart thing to do. would be to take the turn buckle to the
> hard ware store etc..."  This is sort of a visual thing and that's why I
> asked about what size nut I should get for this.
> Have a good one
> Marshall
>
>
>
> *Marshall Gisondi*
> *MARSHALL'S PIANO SERVICE*
> *215-510-9400*
> *http://www.phillytuner.com *
>
>
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