tuning pins too close

[Walter Gramza]

I have been a couple of pianos with their tuningpins close together  that
it made it impossible to place the tuning hammer onto a tuningpin without
disturbing the next unless you had a thinner tip which might be available
from American who took over Hale when they went under.  By using a thin
wall tip you should be able to successfully do the job without disturbing
the notes surrounding the pin that your tuning hammer is on,  "What a
nuisance to have to have a special tuning tip for just one piano".  You
probably won't use this tip again in years to come unless you are lucky
enough to tune the piano on a regular basis.  At 02:35 PM 11/21/00 -0600,
you wrote:
>There is a special thinwall tip for these situations.  I got mine from
>Tuners Supply a long time ago, but I'm sure they are still available
>somewhere.
>
>Ray T. Bentley, RPT
>Alton, IL 
>