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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Hi =
Bill:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> I just "rebuilt" a =
Schoenhut toy
grand, here's what I found. The old sound rods were in such bad =
shape,
that I bought a new assembly from Schoenhut. Strangely enough, =
they had
new ones. However, they were sadly out of tune, maybe thats the =
charm of a
toy piano-to play slightly out of tune. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Using my Accutuner, =
I plucked
each rod to check its pitch. To raise the pitch, as Sarah said, I =
ground
off a bit of metal from the end. Be very cautious as a little =
metal means
a lot of change. To lower the pitch, I soldered a small amount of =
solder
on to the end of the rod. Be generous here, as you can file this =
off to
come down to the proper pitch. It takes a bit of time as I found =
each one
to need correction (as in a piano) but it will sound great when you've
finished. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Good =
Luck,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Mike
Kurta</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>