<!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 6.00.2900.3268" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face="Century Schoolbook" size=2>    Terry</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Century Schoolbook" size=2>Are you referring to a Zither tuning pin? </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Century Schoolbook" size=2>Tom Servinsky</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=mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">Farrell</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, February 28, 2008 7:16 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Small Oval Tuning Tip</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>I posted on this piano a month or so ago looking for a source for a tuning tip to fit its pins. I have refined my needs. This is an 85-note English (I presume) birdcage action piano made by J. Strohmenger & Sons #4852 (anyone got a Pierce Atlas - and a date? I can't find mine.).</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>It has oblong heads on the tuning pins. The pins are small - I didn't pull one, so I'm not sure what size they are, but they look like 1/0 or so. My oval tuning tip will turn the pins, but it is quite a bit larger than optimal - it gets stuck on the pins because it is too large. My oval tuning tip works fine on the large old American square grands.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Does anyone know of where I can get an oval tuning tip that is smaller than the standard one available from the supply houses? I've talked to the supply houses and harsicord builders and have had no luck.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Terry Farrell<BR>Farrell Piano</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><A href="http://www.farrellpiano.com">www.farrellpiano.com</A><BR><A href="mailto:terry@farrellpiano.com">terry@farrellpiano.com</A></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>