<!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 6.00.6000.16544" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>I just used a pair of curved haemostats, and a small screwdriver when I tuned them.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>I used an ETD, and got the offsets from the Fender Rhodes service manual.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>It is a matter of moving a spring in or out, on a tine. (metal rod that the hammer hits)</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>I am looking on line for info, and will forward any info I find.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A></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=rrg@unlv.nevada.edu href="mailto:rrg@unlv.nevada.edu">Rob & Helen Goodale</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> Friday, October 12, 2007 9:54 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Fender-Rhodes tuning</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I got a request to tune a piano at a recording studio tomorrow, a fairly regular gig.  This time they also wanted to know if I could tune a Fender Rhodes.  I'm sure I could do it but I'm not very familiar with them.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Question 1.  Is the procedure particularly complicated?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Question 2.  What would be involved in terms of temperament?  Is it straight</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2> or is there a stretch?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Rob Goodale, RPT</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Las Vegas, NV</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>