•This project has turned out to be a real learning experience; the problem is I am not sure what I am learning! I am reasonably sure the hoses are not displaced by one note. The pipes are all stamped with the note they play. Using our tuner and blowing the metal pipes by mouth (and recognizing the f...

•I follow the discussion about tuning standards with interest. I have a A=440 tuning fork, which I picked up at a flea market. I also use the 'Instrument Tuner' in Apple's 'Garage Band'. It seems to me that the reference frequency in 'Garage Band' should be program-adjustable from A=440 to whatever...

•Regarding the tuning scales for Symphonions [130826 MMDigest], there are scales for every size Symphonions, from 4.5" to 27-1/2" diameter discs, in Kevin McElhone's book, "The Disc Musical Box." I'm the U.S. distributor for the book and we've just reduced the price to $99 (save $25!) plus postage. ...

•I'm going batty trying to tune the violin in my Mills Violano. I'm not a string instrument player (assuming banjos don't count) and I haven't been able to get this thing to sound decent since we moved it last year. If someone could offer a step-by-step guide they use I'd be most appreciative. The m...

•In reply to Roger Wiegand's request for help in tuning the Violano, perhaps I can offer a little insight. He is correct in assuming the felt damper and vibrating tremolo be off when tuning the violin. He mentions that the notes appear to "wobble" some ten cents when attempting to tune them. This is...

•You may recall some postings and replies from last fall about my problems with getting the pipes and piano tuned together. There were several replies which helped define the process, as we had [already] tuned the piano to A=440 Hz. Then we tuned the piano to A=435, but the pipes were still flat whe...

•Good evening, I started a collection of musical boxes, including roller organs. I bought a Schmider barrel organ of 24 notes, but I have difficulty tuning it. I bought a tuning roll, but it is obviously not the correct one for my organ. Would you have a diagram of the tubes showing the correspondin...

•Hi MMD-ers, I have a Hick's barrel piano (1880) and not sure how to tune it. It has 24 hammers and 3 strings per hammer. Am grateful for any help. Don Taig Australia

•Hi Don, Send me a couple pictures of your piano. My friend Jeff and I can probably help. Make sure to take a picture of the area where the tuning pins are. These pianos are usually not chromatic. They use a diatonic scale that allows a larger range by leaving one most of the sharps. Regards, Craig ...

•Thanks to MMD Posters I'm a long term collector and a recent convert to the MMD. Today, during a bitterly cold spring day in Melbourne, Australia, I was going through Kevin McElhone's "The Organette Book", and reading a very helpful response to a question of mine from Craig Smith, and I thought how...

•First, Luke, you are so right: "A tuned piano harmonizes the home!" (That's my advertising "gimmick"!) Now, yes, I'm a piano tuner, so I do have an interest in folks having their piano tuned, but it is true that bringing a piano up to pitch will oftentimes liven up the bass a lot, and since rolls u...

•I am a piano technician. My client asked me to tune her barrel piano. I've tried to remove the barrel to get access to the hammers but it is held in by a component that I can't remove. There must be a way to remove this barrel, I just can't figure it out. Any help would be appreciated. Allan Day al...

•[ Allan Day wrote in 161204 MMDigest -- > I've tried to remove the barrel to get access to the > hammers but it is held in by a component that I can't remove. The barrel comes out lengthwise (along the rotational axis). There is probably an end cap on the right side that can be knocked out (from th...

•[ Ref. Allan Day in 161204 MMDigest and [ http://www.mmdigest.com/Attachments/16/12/04/161204_053207_IMG_2618.JPG Hi Allan, This is a Hicks-type barrel piano, probably made in UK, though similar instruments were made elsewhere too. On the left side, just around the corner from the crank handle, the...

•Are the open flutes in a Wurlitzer 105 tuned to the same frequency as the flageolets and piccolos, or are they higher in frequency? Les Higger

•I am rebuilding my Wurlitzer 105 band organ and have a question regarding the tuning. I understand they tuned these organs one note lower. Does that mean I should tune it one note lower than what is stamped on the pipes and their mounting blocks? John Iles [ Bill Finch wrote in 070217 MMDigest: "Wh...

•John, yes, the Wurlitzer 105 is tuned a whole step flatter than what is written on the pipe scale. The starting bass note "G" is tuned to "F", and so on up the scale. Whether you tune to A=440 or A=435 is not really that important. The whole instrument being in tune to itself is important. The limi...

•John, pipes tend to not be too much out of tune (unless you took them apart to repair them). I would "sample" a few pipes with a pitch measuring device (an electronic tuner or tuner app on an iPhone) to determine what pitch was originally used. We aren't talking whole steps, but just lower (usually...

•In the discussion of tuning the Wurlitzer 105 pipes, Jim Quashnock stated, "These instruments are solo instruments not meant to be played with other instruments. So just like the bagpipe I play, exact pitch isn't as important as the instrument being in tune to itself." Hmmm. Jim, isn't using "bagpi...

•[In the 18.05.31 MMD Don Taig asks for the tuning scale for the Triolo Mechanical Zither] Don: A search of the MMD Archives will give you what you need: http://www.mmdigest.com/MMMedia/triola.html With thanks to John Wolff. Musically yours, Bill Wineburgh Succasunna, NJ ...