Broadwood Rectangular Tuning tip

[Robert A. Murphy]

Hi Lance et al,

Try Lutz Bungart @ http://www.fortepiano.com/index.htm for oblong pin 
tuning levers.  His gooseneck lever will work fine on the occasional 
Broadwood that you come across.

I do a lot of concert and recording work tuning fortepianos which have 
oblong pins and have had double-headed hammers custom made for the purpose 
(i.e. slot parallel to handle on one head and slot perpendicular on the 
other to help keep handle in more or less the same position while 
tuning).  I have a couple of sources if your interested, but, the cost of 
having these made up is prohibitive, unless you tune these instruments 
regularly.

Best,
Robert
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Robert A. Murphy
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Michigan State University            office  517.355.3370
E.Lansing , MI 48824                  e-mail:  murphyr@msu.edu

At 11:12 AM 8/29/02 -0500, you wrote:
>Hello everyone,
>I recently had a call for another John Broadwood w/ rectangular tuning pins.
>Called "oval" in the catalogs?  I have in recent months had several calls
>for these.  I have ordered the lever w/oval tip attached (not just the tip)
>from Schaff, but was wondering if any of you tune many of these, if this tip
>will work, and if not, what I should look for?  I have had a hard time
>getting anything to fit (just the tips ordered) and other local techs have
>said the same thing.  One tech told me I would have to get one from England
>and he thought they may have been discontinued.  Thanks,
>
>
>Lance Lafargue, RPT
>Mandeville, LA
>New Orleans Chapter, PTG
>lancelafargue@bellsouth.net
>985.72P.IANO