Wurlitzer piano.

[Farrell]

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First a disclaimer - I'm no tuning expert! BUT, that doesn't stop me =
from sharing my experience!

I have tuned a number of these little five octave wonders - one just a =
couple weeks ago along the banks of the flooding Little Manatee River =
(inside a home). I don't recall ever seeing a Wurly though. The ones I =
have seen seem to have the top and bottom octave chopped off the =
keyboard, which puts A4 in the middle of the piano and C7 at the very =
top. The highest pitch wound string is probably around A3. One of the =
reasons the bass on your piano may be all over the place is because =
there is not really anywhere to put the bass. I am a "little-black-box" =
tuner. My first 5-octave pianos were done with the aid of an AccuTuner. =
With the SAT you must lend quite a bit of ear to establish an =
appropriate stretch for the bass. Coupled with my general lack of talent =
related to such a process, trying to determine where the bass should go =
on the 5-octave jobs was a very eye-opening (and ear opening) =
experience. I have tuned a few spinets that I would consider untunable. =
However, these little 5-octave jobs require a whole new classification. =
The bass section on some of these (all?) are much worse than untunable. =
Just get it within a note or so and leave it (slight exaggeration, but =
not by much). That's as good as it's gonna get.

I have tuned two (at least) of these little gems with my Verituner which =
I have now had for about 1.6 years. The VT does an unbelievably =
wonderful job on these little things. Overall I would have to describe =
its effect as producing an "acceptable" tuning - which is WAY beyond =
anything I had ever done on these little pianos.

Terry Farrell

----- Original Message -----=20
From: "Paul Chick" <paulchick@myclearwave.net>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2003 1:12 AM
Subject: Wurlitzer piano.


> Hey all,
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> My name is Paul Chick, Jr.  Some of you know my father, Paul Chick, =
Sr.  He
> recently presented at the Dallas convention about "Tuning in 59 =
minutes".
> I've been a careful observer of the list for several months absorbing
> information and now have a question that I hope someone can answer.
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> I'm working on a Wurlitzer piano SN 115191 and measures about 41" high =
x 40"
> wide x 21" deep.  It has 61 notes, 5 octaves, C to C.  The question =
is:  Is
> the first C C1 or C2 as compared to a "normal" piano?  Along with this
> question, is this piano "normally" tuned to A440?
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> Background:  The piano came in and needed some action work and key =
work
> done.  Did that, no problem.  When I went to tune it, I noticed that =
the
> base section was all over the place, anywhere from C1 to C2 in the =
first 5
> or six notes.  Then when I played above the break it seemed to be =
closer to
> a "normal" piano, which, with only 5 octaves, puts the last note at =
C7.  So,
> since everything above the break seemed in relation to each other I =
tried to
> pull the bass up to match.  BANG!!!!!  Broken string and I stopped =
there.
> I'm wondering if it is possible that somebody else didn't have the =
answer to
> the question above and pulled the treble up an octave, which seems not =
very
> likely, or that this piano normally is not tuned to A440, which seems
> possible, or the bass strings are supposed to be brought up to the =
rest of
> the piano and there is a really good chance that the rest of the bass
> strings are going to break.  Being new to tuning and never breaking a =
string
> before these questions came to mind as I was cleaning out my shorts.
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> Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
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> Paul Chick, Jr.
> Plainview, MN.
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