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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Yes, I had one of those in the early days. I used it
professionally and the reeds would break all the time. Easy to replace and
tune, I bought a Conn strobotuner to tune them. I'm surprised they are
still around and working. It was probably the first electronic
piano.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Al G</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title="mailto:jb@bubblemusic.com CTRL + Click to follow link"
href="mailto:jb@bubblemusic.com">Jonathan Best</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Friday, August 22, 2008 2:58 AM</DIV>
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<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: Wurly electric tines</DIV></DIV></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Here's a web site that has the tines: <A
href="http://www.vintagevibe.com/c-1-wurlitzer-ep-parts.aspx">http://www.vintagevibe.com/c-1-wurlitzer-ep-parts.aspx</A>
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<DIV>Wurlitzer called them reeds for some strange reason. Don't try making
the tines yourself. I tried. It just ain't worth it. You must
use a visual tuner to tune these crazy things. To lower the pitch you add
solder, to raise you file.</DIV>
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<DIV>Jonathan Best</DIV>
<DIV><A href="mailto:jb@bubblemusic.com">jb@bubblemusic.com</A></DIV>
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<DIV>On Aug 21, 2008, at 6:21 PM, Willem Blees wrote:</DIV><BR
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<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><WBR>A customer said he had a "rare" piano, with
string and electronic components. Since I had heard of piano/organ combos, I
thought it might be worth my while to investigate. When I got there
it was nothing but an old Wurly electronic piano. But if some of you have
worked on these things, maybe you can be of some help. The tines of
C#4, D#4 and F5 are broken. Where I could find those?<BR><BR>
<DIV style="CLEAR: both">Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT<BR>Piano
Tuner/Technician<BR>Honolulu,
HI<BR>808-349-2943<BR>www.bleespiano.com<BR>Author of <BR>The Business of
Piano Tuning<BR>available from Potter Press<BR>www.pianotuning.com</DIV>
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