Spanish Piano

[Joseph Garrett]

Ted,
Probably an olde "Hale" #1. These were smaller than the current #1,
available. I have one, and it's the only thing that will fit on the tuning
pins of an 1804 Clementi Square Piano.
You might check with an "Old-Timer", in your neck of the woods.
Regards,
Joe Garrett
P.S.
The Olde "Hale" #4 was a whole lot larger than the current #4's and will fit
on those !@#$%^^** 6/0, 7/0 & 8/0 pins that were used way back when. (but,
that's another story) [grin]
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ted Simmons" <ted@yourlink.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2001 9:23 PM
Subject: Spanish Piano


> A piano tuner friend of mine called to ask me to loan him a #1 tuning tip
> because he has a Spanish-built piano, straight strung, not overdampered,
and
> none of his tuning tips fit.  So I loaned him a #1 tip and a harpsichord
> tuning hammer but the #1 was too large and the harpsichord tip was too
> small.  What does he need here?  Any suggestions?
>
> Ted Simmons
>