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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello, </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I live in Brussels and I got a very old =
piano with
a wooden frame, and I'd like to use it to learn tuning by myself, =
and why
not becoming someday a professional tuner. (I'm quite tired of my =
previous
job...) So... It seems that there is only one shop in brussels that =
could
help me, but they are soooo helping, that each time I visit them I =
decide that
it will be the last time. They never did anything else that trying to =
implicitly
discourage me, and I have the feeling that they just want to protect =
their
position of monopoly on Brussels. So I'm trying to find every =
information I can
on the net and in books.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Since they were soooo cooperative, I've =
bought on
the net, a tuning kit <FONT face=Arial size=2>including
a "H</FONT><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial>ale Pro Extension =
Tuning Hammer"
(it seems to be more a tuning lever than a tuning hammer but... ok. Here =
are
pictures of the stuff : </FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT face=Arial =
size=2><A
href="http://home.flash.net/~schteev/prokit8.jpg">http://home.flash.net=
/~schteev/prokit8.jpg</A> <A
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chteev/ext1.jpg</A></FONT></DIV>
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size=2>This material
was p</FONT></FONT><FONT color=brown size=+5><FONT face=Arial =
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size=2>resented as being THE professional reference for tuners, =
and it
seemed true, since it matches quite closely with the drawing =
in the
book from Arthur A. Reblitz; including the name "Hale" on
it...</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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size=2>I bought it
with two aditionnal sockets, and none of them match with my piano. =
The pins
on my piano are only 1/4" on the cylindric part, and 4.5mm at =
the top.
even the smallest tip (#1) is floating nearly freely around it. The =
seller has
no idea on how to help me solve my problem. Do you have any idea where / =
how I
could find a socket small enough for my piano ?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>thank you, =
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<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Philippe
Errembault</FONT></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>