Tuning lever tip: quality of fit?

[Greg Newell]

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Nothing wrong with asking. Problem is ... will you get it?

Greg Newell



At 10:49 AM 11/26/2002, you wrote:

>Marcel Carey wrote:
> >> You should try the Japanese "Watanabe" tuning tips and tuning
> >lever. > found those to be exceptionnally good.
> >> I think they are available from Pianotek.
> >>
> >> Marcel Carey, RPT
> >> Sherbrooke  QC
> >>
> >
>Richard Moody wrote:
> >I concur on Watanabe.   I bought a two inch tip in Chicago and
> >have been very happy with it for both uprights and grands.
>
>So, guys,
>If the Japanese can do it, why can't we?  What's the difference in the
>manufacturing process?
>
>What looks to be the biggest difference between all my tips is that the
>taper in the recess of the APSCO tips is not as sharp, allowing the bottom
>or lip of the tip to make better contact around the pin.  Also, the star
>appears to be smaller at the rim on the APSCO tips than all the others
>except the #1 tip (in fact, to the eye, the star of the APSCO tips looks
>the same size as the #1 Hale tip, but the #1 tip will not sit down as far
>on the pin due to the angle of the taper)  All my other tips "bottom out"
>in the recess before the rim of the tip can make contact with the pin, and
>it is not consistent in all directions.  Placing a 2/0 tuning pin in the
>holes of all the tips I have, in some of the tips, the end of the pin will
>move as much as 1/8" in at least one direction, and with some in two or
>three directions.  That's a lot of movement.  But no more than 1/16" in any
>direction in my APSCO tips, with no movement in most directions.
>
>What's wrong with asking our American suppliers to spend a little more
>attention to detail on the tips?
>
>Jeff
>
>
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Greg Newell
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