tuning pins too close

[Brian Lawson]

I encountered a similar problem many years ago and then had one of my tips
cut in, a friend with a metal lathe cut about 1.5mm in, from the outside
diameter, about 1cm from hole up - this then overcomes such problem pianos.
I've not had a Wurly to deal with, but other European makes, now and then.

Brian Lawson, RPT
Johannesburg, South Africa



----- Original Message -----
From: Thos. D. Carpenter
To: list PTG
Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2000 9:19 PM
Subject: tuning pins too close


Dear list,
    The other day I "ran into" a Wurlitzer console which had it`s top 2
tuning pins, at the 1st tri-chord unison, too close together.  When I put
the tuning lever tip on either of the top 2 pins the other tip would move.
So, I need to return as soon as possible to tuning a clean unison.  As it
was, I roughly calculated how much the strings were moving once I removed
the tuning hammer and moved the pin that amount sharp to compensate, but the
unison is far from satisfactory.  The owner mentioned that no other tuners
had ever mentioned this, leaving me to wonder what I was missing.  I`ve
compared all my APSCO, Schaff, and Hale tips and they are a pretty much the
same outside dimensions.
     I am anxious to please w/o asking the customer to recall the names of
my competition.
    My plan, is to take a #2 tip which will not slide as far down the pin as
the #3`s, which I normally use, and grind down the outside as much as
necessary to allow it to fit on these pins w/o interfering with the
adjacent pin.
    Any suggestions or better ideas?
thanks,
Tom Carpenter
Berthoud, Co