<html> At 08:55 PM 1/2/2006 +0000, you wrote: <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>this is a test. does thie e-mali show up on the list? I 've sent several and no reply to either of them.  Computers ,I tell you... Marshall ps. maybe my questions are too stupid to answer. :)   <dl></blockquote> </dl> Oops -- the post below was a answer to your enquiry about how to reply. I just got confused and called you Rick, the other fellow, who made the New Years Resolution .. Now, as to tips -- you'll probably want to get a #1, #2, and #3. Most pianos you meet will have #2 pins, but some old antiques or European pianos will have #1's. Some of the extremely old stuff might even be smaller than #1, which makes them only marginally tunable with a #2 tip. For rebuilt pianos with oversized pins, or for pianos where the pins have been chewed up in some way or other, the larger #3 will be needed. Also, get a tip wrench, so you can change them. You put the tip wrench in your tuning hammer, with the wrench lying flat on the floor and the tuning hammer handle sticking up. You stand on the wrench, and then give some sharp tugs to the hammer handle to free up the tip. They get very firmly threaded on after a little bit of use. What style of head you get is largely a matter of personal preference. I prefer a short head with a steep angle. There are a few specialty items which might be nice to have on hand, since when you need them you really need them, and there is seldom time to get them. Just in case you feel adventurous, and are faced with a square grand, you might want to have an oblong tip. There's an extender thingee which Schaff sells, for tuning pins which are too close to plate struts. It has a screw thread for mounting a tip, and the other end is shaped like a tuning pin. I leave the oblong tip installed on it. Then I can move it from pin to pin on a square grand, and tune it with my normal hammer. If the oblong tip were installed on my normal hammer directly, I would only have two angles where it engaged the tuning pin, but by using the extender, I have the usual 8, because I'm using the normal star tip. Also, it doesn't hurt to have a harpsichord lever or T-hammer in your kit. It also works on zithers. There will come the day (don't ask me how I know ...) when you will manage to leave a tuning fork in a piano. (If you're an aural tuner, at least.) Duplicates of all basic tuning tools, kept in the car somewhere other than your kit, is a good idea. And of course stringing things and a full assortment of treble wire. In Indiana in the summer, you'll want to figure out a way to keep it dry. If you tune aurally, you might consider two unusual forks: a 435, for very old pianos, which were designed for 435, and a 442, just in case somebody who plays at that pitch in orchestra wants it. I use them once in a blue moon. Susan <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite> <dl> <dd>-------------- Original message -------------- <dd>From: Susan Kline <skline@peak.org> <dd>> At 08:31 PM 1/2/2006 +0000, you wrote: <dd>> >When replying to the list, do I hit reply all or just reply? <dd>> <dd>> Hi, Rick <dd>> <dd>> Just hit "reply" -- but then, also check the "To:" line of your <dd>> new post. It sometimes automatically puts an individual's address <dd>> there, with the pianotech one afterwards. If I remember to look, <dd>> I always delete the individual's address, so my reply goes only <dd>> to the list. Otherwise, people get confused about whether or not <dd>> we're writing in public. <dd>> <dd>> If I wish to reply off-list to anyone, I always open a new message, <dd>> and paste the address in, instead of clicking on "reply". Too <dd>> many times "private" responses with "OFF LIST!!" in the subject <dd>> line! show up in pianotech. <dd>> <dd>> Susan <dd>> <dd>> _______________________________________________ <dd>> pianotech list info: <a href="https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives" eudora="autourl">http</a>://www.ptg.org/mailman/listinfo/<a href="https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives" eudora="autourl">pianotech</a> </dl></blockquote></html>