<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.7600.16722"></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" id=role_body bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 rightMargin=7 topMargin=7><FONT id=role_document color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>    Hello Marshall,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>    In the  70s Aeolian  built a 88 and a 64 note  " Melodigrand " Sp. </DIV> <DIV>They took the 88 note raised the entire keyboard appx 6 to 8 in. and </DIV> <DIV>called it  Melodipro.</DIV> <DIV>This made it a  "stand-up " (to play) piano for stage use.  This was done </DIV> <DIV>by lengthening the lifter wires. It was also built to accommodate electronic </DIV> <DIV> pick-ups. There was a problem in the (drop action) lifter wires being to weak. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>   I was at the factory one day and  Bob Hoyman ask me to look at this </DIV> <DIV>problem.   I recommended a stiffer wire as would be the cheapest way </DIV> <DIV>to go.  Another way was to install a guide rail ( like a Grand damper rail)</DIV> <DIV>in at mid point of the wire. This was at a time that Luke Borger  was in </DIV> <DIV>charge of the Memphis plant. So god knows what happen. Some of these</DIV> <DIV>pianos were two string unison . </DIV> <DIV>     If your piano is one of these it will present no problem in tuning.</DIV> <DIV> Other than this piano was their standard  "575 scale" and this gave </DIV> <DIV>tuning problems in the high tenor.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Hope this helps,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Jack Wyatt</DIV> <DIV>Dallas Chapter  </DIV> <DIV>       </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 3/27/2011 7:13:24 A.M. Central Daylight Time, pianotune05@hotmail.com writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial><FONT size=3 face=Arial>Hi Everyone,</FONT><BR><FONT size=3 face=Arial>I'm goning to tune a Aeolian Melodi Pro.  I'm told it has a helpinstill pick ups.  I wanted to know is there a technique in removing that before tuning?  Someone sent me an e-mail a while ago, but I cannot locate it. So I wanted to know if you could give me the heads up again.  </FONT><BR><FONT size=3 face=Arial></FONT> <BR><FONT size=3 face=Arial>Another piano I encountered yesterday-I went to tune a piano yesterday and found out it was a duoart.  Taking off the top wasn't a problem but to get into the bass area to tune it one would have to remove the player.  It has these thin metal brackets that screw onto the piano which I figured I would remove the screws, but it's connected to what looks like a pipe or hose going into it, kind of reminds me of some of the pars under the hood of a car. the pipe looking thing is gat and come out of the bottom left of this big black part of the player onthe bass side.  so is there a knack for removing this?  Should I jsut refer them to a tech. who works on players?  thanks</FONT><BR><FONT size=3 face=Arial>Marshall</FONT><BR><BR><BR><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><FONT size=3><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Garamond,Times,Serif"><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Marshall Gisondi Piano Technician</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><BR><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><FONT size=3><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Garamond,Times,Serif"><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Marshall's Piano Service</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><BR><STRONG><EM><FONT size=3 face=Garamond>pianotune05@hotmail.com</FONT></EM></STRONG><BR><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><FONT size=3><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Garamond,Times,Serif"><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">215-510-9400</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><BR><STRONG><EM><FONT size=3 face=Garamond><A title=http://www.phillytuner.com/ href="http://www.phillytuner.com/" target=_blank>www.phillytuner.com</A> </FONT></EM></STRONG><BR><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><FONT size=3><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Garamond,Times,Serif"><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Graduate of The School of Piano Technology for the Blind <A title=http://www.pianotuningschool.org/ href="http://www.pianotuningschool.org/" target=_blank>www.pianotuningschool.org</A> Vancouver, WA<BR><BR><BR><BR></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline"><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><FONT size=3><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Garamond,Times,Serif"></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN><BR><BR><BR>=</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>