<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-FAMILY: MS Sans Serif"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16544" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Ah yes, I forgot that was in there.  I don't know why I didn't think of that, Reblitz is a personal friend.  I would have felt pretty silly if I had called and asked him!  Several of you have provided some great information including pointing me to an on-line manual.  I think I should be able to figure it out from here.  Not that it is relevant here, but </FONT><FONT face=Arial>I have a partial set of Wurlitzer tines I salvaged from a really beat-up unit before I tossed it.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Rob Goodale, RPT</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Las Vegas, NV</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></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=bdornfeld@earthlink.net href="mailto:bdornfeld@earthlink.net">Bruce Dornfeld</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"> </DIV> <P> <DIV>Reblitz's book on Piano Servicing, Tuning, & Rebuilding has enough on tuning the Rhodes to get you through it.  I also use a curved hemostat to move the springs.  I think I remember the Rhodes manual showing tuning stretched or straight with no stretch at all.  They really hold their tune pretty well, so I would try to determine if the last tuner stretched or not.  The Reblitz book also shows adjusting the pickups to the tines.  You want to know how to do this so you can get a consistent tone and volume from each note.  Have fun tomorrow!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Bruce Dornfeld, RPT</DIV> <DIV><A href="mailto:bdornfeld@earthlink.net">bdornfeld@earthlink.net</A></DIV> <DIV>847-498-0379</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>