Heckschers and Fletcher & newman in the UK both sell various levers with oblong heads, or oblong tips for interchangable-tip levers. I encountered a magnificanet 1875 Collard and Collard grand last year in the common lounge of a converted country manor house. it had oblong pins too. The guy was to consult the other residents of the converted apartments about getting it tuned, but I didn't hear back from him. Someone that had asked before, declined to try tuning it, because, I guess, he didnlt have a suitable lever or tip. I might phone the guy, because I'd like to tune that piano, the bass strings sounded phenomenal. A really sturdy solid grand, nothing lightweight about it. Best regards, David. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20090410/675ae24a/attachment-0001.html>
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