<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 9.00.8112.16440"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Hi,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>You can also use a smaller tip that contacts the tuning pin higher than you are comfortable with for those few pins.</FONT></DIV> <DIV>Joe Goss BSMusEd MMusEd RPT<BR><A href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A><BR><A href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</A></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" dir=ltr> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=tnrwim@aol.com href="mailto:tnrwim@aol.com">tnrwim@aol.com</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> Friday, December 16, 2011 9:09 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [pianotech] Thin walled star tuning tip for square grands</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT color=black size=2 face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <DIV>Duaine</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The thin walled tip is not just for square grands. They can be used on some spinets where the tuning pins are very close together, and on grands where the pins are too close to the plate.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Wim <BR><BR></DIV> <DIV style="CLEAR: both"> <DIV> </DIV></DIV><BR><BR> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: arial,helvetica; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">-----Original Message-----<BR>From: Duaine Hechler <<A href="mailto:dahechler@att.net">dahechler@att.net</A>><BR>To: pianotech <<A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>><BR>Sent: Fri, Dec 16, 2011 4:59 pm<BR>Subject: Re: [pianotech] Thin walled star tuning tip for square grands<BR> <DIV style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff; MARGIN: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif; COLOR: #000; FONT-SIZE: 12px" id=AOLMsgPart_0_1ad31421-53d6-49ca-93db-e72a50499192><PRE style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><TT>Today I tuned a restored square grand however two of the tuning pins were impossible to tune with the standard star tip. Who has a thin walled star tuning tip for square grands ? Duaine -- Duaine Hechler Piano, Player Piano, Pump Organ Tuning, Servicing& Rebuilding Reed Organ Society Member Florissant, MO 63034 (314) 838-5587 <A href="mailto:dahechler@att.net">dahechler@att.net</A> <A href="http://www.hechlerpianoandorgan.com/" target=_blank>www.hechlerpianoandorgan.com</A> -- Home& Business user of Linux - 11 years </TT></PRE></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BODY></HTML>