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<DIV><FONT size=2>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.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>
<A href="mailto:carpthos@televiso.com" =
title=carpthos@televiso.com>Thos. D.
Carpenter</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org"
title=pianotech@ptg.org>list PTG</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, November 21, =
2000 11:19
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> tuning pins too =
close</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#800000 face="DomCasual BT"><FONT size=4>Dear
list,</FONT></FONT><FONT size=4></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#800000 face="DomCasual BT" =
size=4> 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.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#800000 face="DomCasual BT" =
size=4> I
am anxious to please w/o asking the customer to recall the names of my =
competition.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#800000 face="DomCasual BT" size=4></FONT><FONT =
color=#800000
face="DomCasual BT" size=4> 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.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#800000 face="DomCasual BT" =
size=4> Any
suggestions or better ideas?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#800000 face="DomCasual BT" size=4>thanks, =
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#800000 face="DomCasual BT" size=4>Tom =
Carpenter</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#800000 face="DomCasual BT" size=4>Berthoud, =
Co</FONT></DIV>
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