•I have a problem with the requirement that to be a RPT you have to be able to tune the temperament by ear. This seems to be a prejudice against new technologies. It also means that anyone whose hearing is not up to par can never be an RPT. If I can take a new autostrobe tuner with stretch tables, f...

•I believe the disadvantage of depending entirely on the tuning aid ("tuning without listening") is that the electronic tuning aid assumes that the piano being tuned has the same behavior as the average piano data stored in the electronic tuning device. Well, the modern mass-produced Yamaha pianos a...

•Hi All, Perhaps I'm just 'out of the loop' or 'behind the times' with regards to electronic tuning devices. Is there an electronic tuning device that tells the tuner when he has a unison correctly tuned? How about one that correctly interprets the overtones in the sub-bass register of a spinet pian...

•The tuning slide slots in open organ pipes are simply made by rebating a groove into the forward, inner edge of the pipe sides prior to assembly. The depth of the rebate needs to be slightly more than the thickness of the metal used for the slide so a slight bow in the slide will cause it to run wi...

•Hi, I have been reading this digest for only about a year so I hope that the following does not repeat previously covered material. I recently bought two electronic tuners on eBay -- really neat: (1) A Korg CA-20 chromatic tuner (about $20 including postage), and (2) a QuikTune guitar-bass tuner (a...

•Robert Barns mentioned using an electronic tuning device for music boxes. I first would assume that he's talking about replacing teeth or corroded leads. I had an interesting discussion about a month ago on the subject with Nancy Fratti and we both agreed that the electronic tuning device might hel...

•The [Conn] strobe and the Korg devices are good references for a decent, if not good, tuning on a big old upright and a quality grand (from my experience). Tuning charts can be a poor reference on small and badly scaled pianos. Equal temperament tuning is the standard used by the vast majority of p...

•I agree with Bill Maguire that use of an electronic tuner can be quite satisfactory for the do-it-yourselfer. I was quite happy with my results using a Korg and, while a professional would no doubt do a better job, I'm not sure I could tell the difference (on an old upright). With tuning costing ar...

•I have a friend here in UK who _urgently_ needs the tuning scale for an 18-note Amorette organette. Unfortunately this is not listed in "The Organette Book" as I was unable to examine one prior to publication. If you have an instrument and could play the reeds one at a time, either onto the compute...

•Charles D. Lightfoote wrote, "Can anyone help me find some graphic or tabular representation of the effect of heat and humidity on pitch as it relates to pipe organ tuning?" If memory serves, the usual compensation is 6 cents per 1 degree Fahrenheit of change. Applied to the fairground organ (raise...

•-- non-subscriber, please reply to sender and MMD -- Hello music box lovers out there! Is there anyone who knows the tuning scale for a Polyphon looking like this: http://goto.glocalnet.net/hk-konsult/epindex.htm ? It has 54 tones. If you know, please tell me. My email is Hans Krook Hägersten, Swed...

•I am looking for the tuning scale for the Monopol 14 1/8" disc music box. Can anyone supply one? Kindest regards, Herman Lokenberg

•Hello there all, for a friend of mine, who bought a 27" (67 cm) diameter Monopol Excelsior musical box, I'm trying to find a tuning scale for this instrument. Is there anybody who can help him? Thank you for your help, Marcus Pregler from the "Musikapparatemuseum" in Beilngries, Bavaria ...

•Hi: What is the tool or method to raise and lower pipe stops in the Tangley calliope pipes? If the plugs are frozen how do you un-freeze them? Thank you Marv Horovitz [ I used a slide hammer (slide hammer puller). The shaft screws [ into the threaded hole in the center of the tuning plug (normally ...

•Hi, Let me make a suggestion about tuning the calliope. _Do not_ just bash the tuning plug up and down. Consider where the force will go. If you hit the top of a frozen pipe (either up or down), it will tend to stress all the joints at the bottom of the pipe. It would be better to remove the pipe f...

•[ Craig Smith wrote: > Hi, Let me make a suggestion about tuning the calliope. _Do not_ > just bash the tuning plug up and down. Consider where the force will > go. If you hit the top of a frozen pipe (either up or down), it will > tend to stress all the joints at the bottom of the pipe. Nearly 20 ...

•Does anyone have access to the tuning scale for a 17" Kalliope? My comb is mostly in tune but in the middle bass range there are some definitely sour notes. I do have a Conn Strobotuner but if I can get the general scale (A#, C-flat, E-flat, etc.) I can tune it "to itself". Thanks, Jack Kane Evansv...

•Does anyone have the tuning scale for a small melodeon or barrel organette? The barrel is 13" x 2.5", with 28 notes. There is no tune list or markings on the melodeon other than a circle with a star shape pressed on the end of the tune roller and the number "8" stamped in ink. About 75% of the reed...

•I have recently purchased a 20-note keyless McCarthy organ that needed tuning. Although I have a scale book that size, it is marked up for Trueman organs and the McCarthy pipes are not playing the notes written on them. Can someone let me know the scale the pipes are actually playing, please, so I ...

•DeBence Museum has acquired a street piano and cart thought to date to about 1900 and to have been made in London, England. The piano is a Chiappa, and the cart was alleged to belong with it. The piano was disassembled and we are in the process of putting it together. I have two questions we need h...