Shoenhut Toy piano

[R E Barber]

Are they similar to Fender Rhodes' tines?  They are attached on one 
end, but tuned by moving a steel coil weight near the base.
-Rick Barber


> Hi Rick,
> Not the same idea exactly. The gloc. bars are free standing tone 
> generators
> while the tines are attached on one end. You would ruin the bars tone 
> and
> create false beats.
> Joe Goss RPT
> Mother Goose Tools
> imatunr@srvinet.com
> www.mothergoosetools.com
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "R E Barber" <bassooner42@yahoo.com>
> To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Sunday, November 06, 2005 8:44 PM
> Subject: Shoenhut Toy piano
>
>
> > Would you be able to lower the pitch by grinding from the middle, as 
> in
> > a glockenspiel bar?
> >
> > - Rick Barber
> >
> >
> >
> > > 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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