Shoenhut Toy piano

[Joe And Penny Goss]

Hi Mike,
Just wondering, if those (NEW) tines were all on the flat side.
Joe Goss RPT
Mother Goose Tools
imatunr@srvinet.com
www.mothergoosetools.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Kurta" <mkurta@adelphia.net>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 06, 2005 5:42 PM
Subject: Re: Shoenhut Toy piano


> Hi Rick:
>     I have had experience with Schoenhut's baby grand toy piano.  It uses
a
> row of hardened steel rods attached to a frame.  The hammers strike each
rod
> creating a tone.  To tune (I used an accutuner), raise the pitch of a note
> by grinding  a bit of metal off the end of the rod.  To lower the pitch,
> solder a bit of solder to the end.  Schoenhut still has parts for these
> toys, I used a new set of rods which were woefully out of tune.
>     Mike Kurta
>
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