[pianotech] another Interesting find

[Ken & Pat Gerler]

Jim,
I had forgotten about the Baldwin Electric Pianos.  In the "foggy" part of 
my brain, it seems there was another piano (acoustic) that required access 
to the rear to tune??!!
Ken

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James Grebe" <jamesgrebe at charter.net>
To: "Ken & Pat Gerler" <kenneth.gerler at prodigy.net>; <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2010 7:05 PM
Subject: Re: [pianotech] another Interesting find


> Hi Ken,
> I think you were talking about the Baldwin electric pianos as they tuned 
> from the back, right?
> Jim
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ken & Pat Gerler" <kenneth.gerler at prodigy.net>
> To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
> Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2010 6:58 PM
> Subject: Re: [pianotech] another Interesting find
>
>
> I had purchased a Conn Strobotuner when I got into organ servicing (in the 
> '70s).  That one was stolen and I got another one "somewhere".  I always 
> tuned pianos by ear. In organs it was more difficult to set a temperament 
> because like the Wurlitzer pianos that you had to tune from the back, it 
> was easier to tune with it and  configuring a pickup coil in the Conn 
> Tuning wand, for some Conn's they just had to be on as the oscillators 
> were always "on" so the tuning could be done from the back of the organ. 
> But after I acquired my Reyburn Cybertuner, I retired the Strobotuner.
>
> Ken
>  ----- Original Message ----- 
>  From: Dale Erwin
>  To: pianotech at ptg.org
>  Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2010 1:29 PM
>  Subject: Re: [pianotech] another Interesting find
>
>
>  One of my mentors used one of these.  I think it weighed 40 lbs. He was 
> one of the most stable tuners I ever followed.  Of course I am not giving 
> the machine much credit.
>
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>
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>  -----Original Message-----
>  From: Ron Nossaman <rnossaman at cox.net>
>  To: pianotech at ptg.org
>  Sent: Thu, Oct 21, 2010 11:03 am
>  Subject: [pianotech] another Interesting find
>
>
>  The other day, looking in a desk drawer for something else, I ran across 
> this card I'd found in a piano years ago. I thought the current ETD users 
> out there would appreciate this.
>  Ron N
>
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