Elwood: I have one of those Deagan tone bars - it was a gift from an audiologist friend of mine many years ago. Contact the executor of my estate after I'm gone and she'll probably sell it to you. :-) I use it as a second reference for calibrating TuneLab though you do have to be quick. After about 2 seconds the pitch rises as it is dying away. I've never used it as a pitch reference for actual tuning as I think the duration of the super accurate phase of the pitch would be too short. It is accurate and consistent! dave David M. Porritt, RPT dporritt at smu.edu -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Elwood Doss Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2010 8:48 PM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: [pianotech] toy piano tone bar help I have been wanting to find a Deagan (I think that's the name) tone box to use to set the pitch for my tunings. It was a tuned tone bar attached to a small wooden box with a striker attached inside the box. You pluck the handle extension of the striker and it hit the tone bar and produced the sound. It was compact and everything was attached so it was easy to use and keep up with. I haven't seen them in the catalogues in a dozen years or so. Wish I had purchased one when they were available. I'd pay a considerable amount for one that works. Anyone have one they would like to sell? I'm too clumsy to use a tuning fork and would like to replace my Sanderson Accu-Fork with an acoustic tone generator. Joy! Elwood Elwood Doss, Jr., M.Mus.Ed., RPT Piano Technician/Technical Director Department of Music 355 Clement Hall The University of Tennessee at Martin Martin, TN 38238 731/881-1852 FAX: 731/881-7415 HOME: 731/587-5700 -----Original Message----- From: David Doremus [mailto:algiers_piano at bellsouth.net] Sent: Sunday, August 15, 2010 12:54 PM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: [pianotech] toy piano tone bar help I tried solder too and had the same problem, it just wouldn't stick. Maybe there's a trick to this? I have used it on Wurlitzer tines without a problem. --Dave On 8/15/10 11:34 AM, Ryan Sowers wrote: > I've tried the solder but it was very difficult to get the solder to > stick to the rod. It tends to come off. Using wire is much easier, and > gives you a quick way to make pitch changes by moving it up and down > the rod. > > On Sun, Aug 15, 2010 at 12:10 AM, Mike Kurta <mkurta1 at charter.net > <mailto:mkurta1 at charter.net>> wrote: > > You can also change the pitch of individual bars by heating > and applying solder to the end of a rod, then carefully file off > the solder until the proper pitch is achieved. It does sound like > a Schoenhut system, and they will sell you the correct set of tone > bars. They're not expensive and will save you a lot of work. > They will need tuning however. > Mike Kurta > > > > > -- > Ryan Sowers, RPT > Puget Sound Chapter > Olympia, WA > www.pianova.net <http://www.pianova.net> --
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