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<DIV>Hi Susan,</DIV>
<DIV>I'm glad the e-mals are getting through. Thank you so much for the info. Are the forks you mentioned a or c forks? I have a 440 one from Randy Potter's course. I"m a vision impaired tuner, new to the trade I'll admit, but I"ve encountered some interesting stuff with pianos. I did leave a fork at one of my practice tuning, but I went back and it was there waiting fo rme. </DIV>
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<DIV>Would you purchase the rosewood extension hammer or the smaller extension hammer? Have a good one.</DIV>
<DIV>Marshall</DIV>
<DIV>-------------- Original message -------------- <BR>From: Susan Kline <skline@peak.org> <BR>At 08:55 PM 1/2/2006 +0000, you wrote:<BR></DIV>
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<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="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...<BR>Marshall<BR>ps. maybe my questions are too stupid to answer. :)<BR>
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<DL></DL><BR>Oops -- the post below was a answer to your enquiry about how to reply. I just <BR>got confused and called you Rick, the other fellow, who made the New Years <BR>Resolution ..<BR><BR>Now, as to tips -- you'll probably want to get a #1, #2, and #3. Most <BR>pianos you meet will have #2 pins, but some old antiques or European <BR>pianos will have #1's. Some of the extremely old stuff might even be <BR>smaller than #1, which makes them only marginally tunable with a #2 <BR>tip. For rebuilt pianos with oversized pins, or for pianos where the <BR>pins have been chewed up in some way or other, the larger #3 will be <BR>needed. <BR><BR>Also, get a tip wrench, so you can change them. You put the tip wrench <BR>in your tuning hammer, with the wrench lying flat on the floor and <BR>the tuning hammer handle sticking up. You stand on the wrench, and <BR>then give some sharp tugs to the hammer handle to free up the tip. They <BR>get very firmly threaded on after a little bit of use. <BR><BR>What style of head you get is largely a matter of personal preference. <BR>I prefer a short head with a steep angle. <BR><BR>There are a few specialty items which might be nice to have on hand, <BR>since when you need them you really need them, and there is seldom time <BR>to get them. <BR><BR>Just in case you feel adventurous, and are faced with a square grand, <BR>you might want to have an oblong tip. There's an extender thingee which <BR>Schaff sells, for tuning pins which are too close to plate struts. It has a <BR>screw thread for mounting a tip, and the other end is shaped like a tuning pin. <BR>I leave the oblong tip installed on it. Then I can move it from pin to <BR>pin on a square grand, and tune it with my normal hammer. If the oblong <BR>tip were installed on my normal hammer directly, I would only have two <BR>angles where it engaged the tuning pin, but by using the extender, I <BR>have the usual 8, because I'm using the normal star tip. <BR><BR>Also, it doesn't hurt to have a harpsichord lever or T-hammer in your kit. <BR>It also works on zithers. <BR><BR>There will come the day (don't ask me how I know ...) when you will manage <BR>to leave a tuning fork in a piano. (If you're an aural tuner, at least.) <BR>Duplicates of all basic tuning tools, kept in the car somewhere <BR>other than your kit, is a good idea. And of course stringing things and <BR>a full assortment of treble wire. In Indiana in the summer, you'll want to <BR>figure out a way to keep it dry.<BR><BR>If you tune aurally, you might consider two unusual forks: a 435, for very <BR>old pianos, which were designed for 435, and a 442, just in case somebody <BR>who plays at that pitch in orchestra wants it. I use them once in a blue <BR>moon. <BR><BR>Susan<BR>
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<DD>From: Susan Kline <skline@peak.org> <BR><BR>
<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?
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<DD>> Hi, Rick
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<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.
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<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.
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<DD>> Susan
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