tuning pins too close

[Kevin E. Ramsey RPT]

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I think Schaff sells a narrow wall tuning tip, with a square tip. I just put
mine on the tuning pin, put the tip on my hammer over that, and tune. Since
I only use it for a couple of notes per piano, it gets my out of those tight
spots pretty quickly.
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Thos. D. Carpenter
  To: list PTG
  Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2000 11:19 AM
  Subject: tuning pins too close


  Dear list,
      The other day I "ran into" a Wurlitzer console which had it`s top 2
tuning pins, at the 1st tri-chord unison, too close together.  When I put
the tuning lever tip on either of the top 2 pins the other tip would move.
So, I need to return as soon as possible to tuning a clean unison.  As it
was, I roughly calculated how much the strings were moving once I removed
the tuning hammer and moved the pin that amount sharp to compensate, but the
unison is far from satisfactory.  The owner mentioned that no other tuners
had ever mentioned this, leaving me to wonder what I was missing.  I`ve
compared all my APSCO, Schaff, and Hale tips and they are a pretty much the
same outside dimensions.
       I am anxious to please w/o asking the customer to recall the names of
my competition.
      My plan, is to take a #2 tip which will not slide as far down the pin
as the #3`s, which I normally use, and grind down the outside as much as
necessary to allow it to fit on these pins w/o interfering with the
adjacent pin.
      Any suggestions or better ideas?
  thanks,
  Tom Carpenter
  Berthoud, Co


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