•A quick question about steam calliopes. We used to visit New Orleans fairly often, and we heard quite a bit of steamboat calliope music from the steamboats tied up at the pier. I was wondering why on earth they were always so badly out of tune. I was just about ready to volunteer to try to figure o...

•Re: 981009 MMDigest From watching one of these beasts at close quarters for a couple of days I conclude that they are naturally out of tune. When the organist starts to play, he/she depresses the keys for a few seconds to blow steam through the pipes in order to heat them up, then starts to play. N...

•Recently on what seem to be one of the hottest days in September, a friend wanted me to tune his Calliope(air, not steam). After spending time polishing the pipes it was time to do the tuning. I started around 7:30 am (I bet the neighbors just loved me that day). As the temperature was rising that ...

•How do you tune a calliope? Meta Brown

•In a message dated 10/15/98 2:56:45 AM Pacific Daylight Time, rolls@foxtail.com writes: > Subject: Steam Calliope Tuning > > How do you tune a calliope? > > Meta Brown > Greetings, In December of 1979 I had the opportunity to prepare a 20 whistle steam calliope to play in the Jan. 1, 1980 Tournamen...

•I am sorry to hear that the instrument on the Mississippi Queen was "starving for Steam" As I think was mentioned in a previous posting, the MQ is normally tuned at a nominal pressure not to exceed 15 PSIG. A pressure of 9 PSIG is too low as the writer has stated. Who ever it was who informed the g...

•It was strongly suggested that I tune my Violano Virtuoso to A-435. I did, and it sounds great, but the violin tuning weights had to be moved in until now they are touching the violin. It doesn't seem to affect the tuning but it doesn't look quite right. Should I remove some lead shot from the weig...

•Following the thread on tuning devices, I bumped into the following web site set up by Steve van Nattan: http://www.balaams-ass.com/piano/piano.htm Among other things, it offers a free download of a tuning program of which van Nattan thinks most highly, as well as access to his book on piano care, ...

•Hi! Just a quick response to the posting by A. B. Bonds on Computer Programs for Piano Tuning from http://www.balaams-ass.com/piano/piano.htm The "free download" of tuning software, as I read it, is after you spend $25 for a CD which perhaps might be of interest: as I gather from it's Table of Cont...

•Picking up the thread on Electronic Tuning Aids (ETA). I'd like to receive recommendations for a good ETA that can be used for tuning the comb of a music box. Any music box restorers or hobby types out there who have successfully utilized an ETA to assist comb tuning? Please share. Alan Fox Antique...

•Hi All, In my on-going pursuit of knowledge, I ask that anyone possessing any scientific studies on the factors that effect the stability of a piano tuning, please forward those studies to me or tell me where to find them. Any references are acceptable as long as they are from a controlled study, t...

•John A. Tuttle asked in 981124 MMDigest: > In my on-going pursuit of knowledge, I ask that anyone possessing > any scientific studies on the factors that effect the stability of > a piano tuning, please forward those studies to me or tell me where > to find them. My highly uncontrolled response to ...

•As far as we know, no Steck pianos were made in Britain until after WW1, when heavy duties were applied to German imports. Before the war 'European' Stecks were made at the Gotha factory of Ernst Munck, which Aeolian took over around 1904. Extremely fine instruments, Gotha Stecks are very similar t...

•In MMD 12/3/98 Bryan Cather mentions "other odd pianos" and includes one without a pinblock. I have recently restored a Beale player and they have no wooden pinblock. They use a system designed by Vader (German) which has a full cast plate and which is about 1" thick where the pins go. The pins hav...

•Perhaps someone on MMD can lend a helping hand..... -- forwarded message, please reply to sender and MMD -- From: fretworks@fretwork.com (Miles Jones)(fwd) To: smythe@mts.net Date sent: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 11:13:36 -0700 Subject: Information on the C. G. Conn company Hi! I am searching for a reprint o...

•John Tuttle wrote: > Also, (after asking) it was found that the unit hadn't been tuned > or regulated since (are you sitting down?) 1972 or 1969, depending > on who you ask, husband or wife. Hello! 27-30 years! John, don't you know -- most pianos have "golden tone" and are factory tuned, and never ...

•A friend told me that he has used thin Superglue, with great success, to tighten loose pins on a piano. I know the subject of pin tighteners has been discussed in this forum before, but I have never heard of using Superglue before. Does anyone have experience with this or "definitive" advice? Mark ...

•I have used strobe tuners and know how they work. I am sure one of you out there can answer this young lady's question better than I and help her get an "A" in her school work. Thanks Ed Gaida egaida@txdirect.net -- forwarded message, please reply to sender and MMD -- From: hritz@acc-net.com (John ...

•Pinblock plugs do work well and there are piano repair supply houses that sell them ready made. Here is an idea, however. Loosen the coil around the pin, remove the pin and bush the pin block hole with sandpaper (sand side toward the wood). Drive the pin back in and reattach the coil. One layer of ...

•I am addressing Andy Taylor who bemoaned the winter loose pins from lack of humidity. All pianos are affected by humidity fluctuations. The most often affected is the soundboard and its crown. If you ever wondered why the piano went out of tune in one section but not another, consider when a soundb...