<WBR>From what I remember, 20 years ago, open the top, and you'll see tines with little pieces of metal on each note. These are like tuning forks. Push the metal clip towards the end, and the pitch will drop. I used a straight damper wire bending tool to push the clip back and forth. Just turn on your ETD, and tune, straight, without a temperament.<br> <br> <div style="CLEAR: both">Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT<br> Piano Tuner/Technician<br> Honolulu, HI<br> Author of <br> The Business of Piano Tuning<br> available from Potter Press<br> www.pianotuning.com</div> <br> <br> -----Original Message-----<br> From: Rob & Helen Goodale <rrg@unlv.nevada.edu><br> To: Pianotech List <pianotech@ptg.org><br> Sent: Fri, 12 Oct 2007 2:54 pm<br> Subject: Fender-Rhodes tuning<br> <br> <div id=AOLMsgPart_2_e9a00653-606f-4684-9314-50bc2cda9790> <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> </div> <div class="AOLPromoFooter"> <hr style="margin-top:10px;" /> Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free <a href="http://o.aolcdn.com/cdn.webmail.aol.com/mailtour/aol/en-us/index.htm?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000970" target="_blank">AOL Mail</a>!<br/> </div>