Barrel PIano tuning

[Richard Moody]

I recently one of these "table top" barrel pianos.  I used my regular
tuning hammer.  I could have used a tip one size smaller but it got
the job done, so to speak.  It doesn't say, but I am pretty sure my
tip is a # 2. 
	My client is trying to date it, is there any way of finding how old
it is?  It has plastic hammer arms, if that is the correct term.  

Richard Moody

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> From: Maxpiano@aol.com
> To: Pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: Intermediate tuning tip
> Date: Friday, July 04, 1997 6:55 AM
> 
> Dear List -
> 
> I just received this request for help with a proper tip or key
size.  Can
> anyone help?
> 
> <<
> I recently bought a Vicente Llnares barrel piano, made in
Barcelona. It 
> is 22 inches tall and rides in a wheelbarrow like cart. The piano
is in 
> good condition except it is so out of tune that I can't make out
any of 
> the tunes on the barrel and I know 5 of the 6. Could you direct me
to a 
> source where I might find a tuning key for it? A #2 piano key is
far too 
> big. I've tried a dulcimer, autoharp and small harp key and they
are too 
> small. The size is about 1/4 inch square.
> >>
> 
> Bill Maxim, RPT