Hellpinstill (appropriately named)

[Paul McCloud]

Hi, John:           
            I have the privilege of working on one of these for a funky
recording studio.  Keeping the lost motion regulated is nearly
impossible.  I wondered if anyone else had seen one.  At least it has a
real soundboard, not like the Yamahas.  Kooky I must say.  Oh well.
            
            Paul McCloud
            San Diego
 
-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On
Behalf Of John Musselwhite
Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 4:09 PM
To: Pianotech List
Subject: Re: Hellpinstill (appropriately named)
 
At 07:14 PM 3/02/07 +0000, Brad H. wrote:



Hi all,
 
Had the opportunity to (try) and service and (try) to tune a
Hellpinstill yesterday.  Weird little portable spinet in a professional
road-case from the sixties(?).

Could be later. I tuned and repaired a brand-new one in the 80s. Awful
little thing. Yamaha made a better version.
 


Anyone else ever worked on one of these?  The owner is interested in
putting some money into it but I'd like to hear if I should just run
away.

If the owner is looking for a curiosity and has the money, let them put
the money into it. Who knows... it might be worth something to someone
someday. There probably aren't many left by now.

        John Musselwhite, RPT
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20070302/7bd965d6/attachment.html