<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1528" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'm talking about the square pins we see on the pictures you sent us... </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It looks like the ones I have on my piano, and none of the tips which </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>came (#1 #2 #3) with my hale extension tuning hammer matches. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>they are all too large. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>the only tuning lever I have, which works is tagged #0. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have recently found a #1 tip which nearly fits, but it's fa</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>r from perfect.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Philippe Errembault</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=alan@forsythalan.wanadoo.co.uk href="mailto:alan@forsythalan.wanadoo.co.uk">alan forsyth</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, May 14, 2006 8:56 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: The pitch raise speech (not to be read by ladies)</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>If you are talking about the oblong pins, I've never come across a decent tip that fits properly. Most of those pins are prior to 1880. As for the normal pins, my medium star tip seems to do the job most of the time.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>AF</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=phil.errembault@skynet.be href="mailto:phil.errembault@skynet.be">Philippe Errembault</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, May 14, 2006 5:08 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: The pitch raise speech (not to be read by ladies)</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Alan</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>What kind of tip do you use on those pins ?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have the same kind of piano, and the pins are so narrow that I had quite a hard time finding a tip that would fit on it...</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Philippe Errembault</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=alan@forsythalan.wanadoo.co.uk href="mailto:alan@forsythalan.wanadoo.co.uk">alan forsyth</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, May 13, 2006 12:54 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: The pitch raise speech (not to be read by ladies)</DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>This is the sort of [Censored] I have to put up with nearly every day!</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>This piano will not raise above A425Hz</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></STRONG> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>