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PIANO TUNING TOOLS AND KITS
The
tools we sell are not flea market quality.
I was asked to carry a line of Chinese
tools by the manufacturer.
I examined samples, and they were typical--
Machining
was poor, steel blackened with age, and they
showed that piano technicians
did not design them.
You can save a bundle on the Web by hunting for Chinese
junk.
To you who want quality, welcome.
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POLICY: You MUST browse the Catalog area, and try to learn what you want. We no longer search our catalog for you. Have
this information ready: Make
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There
are some jobs that require the right tools. Piano tuning is
one of
them. I have seen the tuning pins after someone tried to
tune a piano
with vice grips or an inverted quarter inch socket.
The point is not
only the botched job of tuning-- Often the pins
are ruined and have to be
removed and replaced-- VERY costly!
Don't try to improvise unless I have told you how in the online book chapters.
For
all parts possible I give you a diagram identity number so you can go to
the Diagram and double check to see if you are
ordering the right part. It is
impossible to give a "Back" button to
return from so many links, so please
use your browser's "Back" button.
Also,
I give you a link to the page which tells how to make the repair or
installation
of the new part.
| How we help you better: Keith has over 45 years experience as a piano tuner/technician and rebuilder. Keith is on hand helping fill orders and answering the phone. When
you buy a tool kit from us, Read the online help area, and then call if you don't understand. No one offers a deal like this anywhere in the world. We WANT you to succeed, whether you live in Boston, Bangladesh, or out back of Bourke. |
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This page contains the basic tools of the Piano Tuner / Technician. Perhaps you are specifically looking for.......
CLICK HERE-- To go to Piano Repair, Rebuilding,
Restringing, and Action Adjustment Tools....
(Or "REGULATION of the Action")CLICK HERE-- For the best selling Piano Tuning,
Restoration, and Repair Book for do-it-yourselfers....CLICK HERE-- For Hale and Schaff high end tools.
DO NOT go here for regular line tools-- they are below on this page.CLICK HERE-- Electronic Tuning Meters with and without built in
Temperament and Stretch
Why are our Tool Kit choices a bit complex?
First, we have found that most folks can figure out what we are doing here.
Second, every person has slightly differing needs. So, we want YOU to have options.
Virtually no one in this trade offers the mix and match method of building a tool kit like this.
So, get a cup of java, and spend some time. You will be able to get the very best combination
of tools to meet your needs.If you find this confusing and would like help making choices, SEND MAIL
OR, Call: (800) 338-8863 -- 9 to 5, Mon. to Fri.
Touch
Up Tool Kit
(No Regulating Tools Included):
Indicate
"Touch Up Tool Kit " on the order blank
or when ordering by phone.
This
tool kit is for the person who wants to keep the piano in tune between regular
tunings.
There are no regulating tools in this kit.
For regulation as well as tuning
tools see the next kit below.
Here are some reasons why to buy this kit:
1. You need to do a panic tuning and the piano tuner is not available.
This kit will be on hand and ready.
2. You have a piano tuner tune regularly,
but you simply want to clean up various notes which go out
due to weather or moving the piano.
3. You have notes where the tuning pins are loose and particular strings go out frequently.
4. A string broke, and you are replacing it yourself.
5. You have a studio and demand absolute perfection.
A professional tuning every week is out of the question financially.
6. Your piano has been restrung, and the strings need to be pulled up frequently
until they are seasoned.
| TOUCH UP TOOL KIT A.
1 Craftsman Tuning Lever TOTAL you pay $ 125.50 A savings over listed prices. |
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ONLY
HERE: Customize your Touch Up Took Kit
We offer kit building
options which save on the regular price
while you make
your kit a more powerful tool of excellence.
Smart Tuning Lever Substitution:
Do you want to buy this Kit with a Better Tuning Lever?
You may substitute any of the following professional quality Schaff Tuning Levers
in place of the Craftsman lever shown in the above graphic. (Price listed is kit price with upgraded lever.)First Quality Rosewood Extension Lever $ 438.00
The Black Nylon Handle Extension Lever $ 322.00
Professional Black Nylon Handle Lever $ 168.50
Deluxe Professional Lever with Rosewood Handle $ 272.95
Add
a Tuning Meter to the above Touch Up Tool Kit--
The prices with tuning meters are a savings
over buying "by the each."
TOTAL with Korg CA-50 Tuning Meter with Temperament $ 177.50
Extra Clip On mic included- Tuning fork includedTOTAL Above kit with Korg OT-12M $ 264.50
Extra Clip On mic included- Tuning fork included
The MIC included is the Clip On Mic as in the illustration on the meter page.
Add
a Regulating Tool Kit
These
Regulating Kits will allow the novice tuner to do regulating
of piano actions.
If you add the Basic Regulating Took Kit to the Touch Up Tool Kit $ 321.95
If you add the Master Regulating Tool Kit to the Touch Up Tool Kit $ 596.25
Add
PIANO SERVICING,
TUNING, AND REBUILDING
Third
Edition (latest printing)
By ARTHUR A. REBLITZ
The first edition of this world famous book has sold over 45,000 copies
and has become the classic manual for piano technicians and amateurs
internationally. Originally published in 1976, Piano Servicing has now
been updated and expanded, incorporating the experience of another
decade and a half of exacting service and restoration by the author.
Bibliography and index included, 8 1/2" x 11", and hundreds of illustrations.
Close to 300 pages of the best information available for the professional
tuner / technician. College textbook quality, but at trade prices.NBN-1 Paperback-- This is the latest reprint of the most recent edition of this
book.Price of the book with the above Tool Kit Add $ 46.00
Price for this Paperback book alone Add $ 50.00
Standard
Tool Kit
Tune Your Piano and Regulate the Action
For Do-It-Yourselfers
and Professionals:
Simply
indicate "Standard Tool Kit " on the order blank
or when ordering by phone.
This
tool kit will allow you to do your own repairs and tuning. I try, in
the online book, to help you make
nearly any repair that is needed. This
tool kit will be very valuable to missionaries and those in
international
communities where piano service is not available.
Music directors and
band masters in universities and Secondary Schools will also find this kit will
"save the day" from time to time.
We don't try to sell you any tools which you can buy at Ace Hardware or WalMart.
Descriptions and use of each tool are found on the CD we send with the kit.
| Standard Tool Kit A.
1 Craftsman Tuning Lever This kit is a considerable
savings over our |
L.
1 Jack button adjusting tool
|
ONLY
HERE: Customize your Standard Took Kit
a la carte
We offer kit building
options which save on the regular price
while
you make your kit a more powerful tool of excellence.
Smart Tuning Lever Substitution:
Do you want to buy this Kit with a Better Tuning Lever?
You may substitute any of the following professional quality Schaff Tuning Levers
in place of the Craftsman lever shown in the above graphic. (Price listed is kit price with upgraded lever.)First Quality Rosewood Extension Lever $ 688.00
The Black Nylon Handle Extension Lever $ 572.00
Professional Black Nylon Handle Lever $ 438.50
Deluxe Professional Lever with Rosewood Handle $ 522.95
Add
a Tuning Meter to the above Standard Tool Kit--
TOTAL with Korg CA-50 Tuning Meter with Temperament $ 427.50
Extra Clip On mic included- Tuning fork included
TOTAL Above kit with Korg OT-12M $ 514.50
Extra Clip On mic included- Tuning fork included
The MIC included is the Clip On Mic as in the illustration on the meter page.
Add
a Regulating Tool Kit
These
Regulating Kits will allow the novice tuner to do regulating
of piano actions.
If you add the Basic Regulating Took Kit to the Standard Tool Kit $ 571.95
If you add the Master Regulating Tool Kit to the Standard Tool Kit $ 846.25
This kit will duplicate a couple of tools. We cannot adjust for that.
Add
PIANO SERVICING,
TUNING, AND REBUILDING
Third
Edition-- 2019 printing!
By ARTHUR A. REBLITZ
and has become the classic manual for piano technicians and amateurs
internationally. Originally published in 1976, Piano Servicing has now
been updated and expanded, incorporating the experience of another
decade and a half of exacting service and restoration by the author.
Bibliography and index included, 8 1/2" x 11", and hundreds of illustrations.
Close to 300 pages of the best information available for the professional
tuner / technician. College textbook quality, but at trade prices.NBN-1 Paperback-- This is the latest reprint of the most recent edition of this
book.Price of the book with the above Tool Kit Add $46.00
Price for this Paperback offer alone Add $50.00
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1.
The whole piano site as you see it on the Web. Browse some more to
see what you get.
My book is nowhere else, nor is it
in print.
2. You get TuneLab 97. This is the complete program from Robert Scott
in Michigan.
It is ideal for a laptop, but it can be
used also in any IBM compatible PC.
3. You get my Music page with MIDI, WAV, and Real
Audio features just like it appears
on the Journal.
4. On the CD you get my professional piano tuning instructions.
These lessons are more complete than other professional courses
that I have found.
The language is plain. Humor
is sprinkled here and there.
And, I give away
many secrets to successful tuning and repair.
5. COST: $18 plus postage [ FREE with a $200 order ]
PIANO TUNING TOOLS
These tools are essential to do
a good tuning.
I try to give you a choice if you expect to do just
one tuning or many.
There are many other Piano Tool options on the market.
You may purchase them from other sources. Here, you have the advantage of
knowing that I have
either used the tools I sell, or I have researched them
with other old timers in the trade.
So, I do NOT list every tool available.
This is good for YOU, and it prevents returns :-)
| Part Description: Part Number Price Keyes Impact Tuning Lever from Schaff Piano Supply
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Part Description:
Part Number Price
Economy
Gooseneck Tuning Lever
Caution:
This lever is limited only to about 3 tuning pin sizes. This lever will
not
work well on Kawai and 80% of European pianos. If you want to
be sure you can tune any piano, you need to look at
the Craftsman Lever
down the page.
It accepts tips changes to tune any piano you encounter.
See 16231 in illustration
See graphic at lower right and above
Star tip- Most practical and favored
by the tuning profession
Will work
perfect on four sided pins and gives eight positions to set the lever
SH5A
$ 41.50
Tuning Lever for the Apprentice Tuner The head is removable,
and it accepts several attachments,
including the more expensive
levers
on the Shaff Page.
Lever is 11 inches long- 16229 in the illustration below
Hard wood handle-- One piece star head-tip
2 1/2 inches long, No. 2 tip
No substitutes
for the head choice of the initial lever.
You may buy other one piece heads below or "Hale" and Schaff style
tips to give other tuning configurations.
See below.
See graphic at lower
right and above
With one piece
Star Head
SH7
$ 73.75
Schaff
One Piece Tuning Lever Head / Tip Combination
Cannot be used
with other tips.
2-1/2 inch long, #2 star head, 5 degree angle
SH17
$ 28.75
2-1/2 inch long, #3 star head, 5 degree
angle
SH17-3
$ 28.50
2-1/2 inch long, #2 star head, 15 degree
angle
SH17-15 $
28.50
1-1/2 inch long, #2 star head, 15 degree
angle
SH17A
$ 28.50
4 inch long, #2 star head, 5 degree angle
SH17B
$ 33.75
5 inch long, #2 star head, 5 degree angle
SH17C
$ 37.50
Order the "Hale" style and Schaff style heads and tips for the Apprentice Lever
Craftsman
Lever
This is our suggestion
as the ideal lever for economy and quality.
You get the apprentice lever handle with the "Hale" and
Schaff style head and tip.
The threads
are the same on this lever and all professional levers we sell.
Later, you can add other tips and heads to meet special
tuning needs you may
encounter.
We feel this lever gives you maximum versatility with economy.
Tip is number 2 size (Part No. 14B)
The lever comes with a wood handle without the
foam grip seen in the photo.
Head
is short 1 1/4" head at 5 degree angle (Part No. 13G)
Part Number SH8
$102.50
Order the "Hale"
style and Schaff style heads and tips
for the Craftsman Lever
Tuning
Pin Socket for Brace Three sided for carpenter's brace
For turning in and removing tuning pins fast
3 1/4 inch long
16079 in illustration
SH25
$ 27.60
Tuning
Pin Extractor This 3/4 inch long tool (not shown in Illustration) will remove
a tuning pin which has been damaged by
amateur efforts to turn a tuning pin
with
improvised tools. It will also remove a pin which has broken off at the
hole. The tool fits into the tip of a tuning
lever. It has tapered reversed threads
so that, when turned counterclockwise, it bites the top of the broken pin
and
removes it. This is similar to
an "easy out" used in automotive applications on
broken engine bolts. It will seldom be needed, but when such
an emergency
transpires, this is
the ONLY thing to save the day. It should be in EVERY
professional tool kit. If the tuner before you did not have
one, this tool will
make you look
like his superior for sure. You will want to price the task to
pay for the tool the first time since you will seldom
use it.
SH110
$ 32.50
ADDITIONAL
TUNING LEVER TIPS AND HEADS
Power Tool Tuning Pin
Socket
For installing and removing
tuning pins with a power tool fast
16086
in illustration
SH63
$ 33.50
T-Stringing Tuning Lever
The finest T-Lever available
Tough alloy
steel and nylon handle.
Made for factory work, but tuners
can benefit.
The T-Lever will fit in the treble of a
grand piano without hitting the cabinet.
Carry along in small tool pouch
SH12
$ 40.95
Harpsichord
Tuning Lever- "T" handle- Star head- 16235A in illustration
SH9 $
21.75
Ratchet head- Speeds up removing and driving in new tuning pins-
Use an automotive application 3/8ths
inch ratchet wrench--
Star head
(eight points for more choices of positioning)--
See Stringing Tools Page
Pin
setting tool- Drive loose pins deeper into the pin block without losing
the
tension of the wire- The handle
cover is now more subdued than the one
in the illustration. See Pin Setting Tool at Right.
This tool comes with a foam grip.
[ Repair- Chapter
7, #60 ]
SH108 $ 43.50
Stringing
Crank For removing loose
tuning pins. --
Plastic handle on crank
instead of wooden ball, as in the graphic
Speeds up re-stringing of all pianos
SH109
$
36.50
Rubber Mute- Metal brass handle-
SH203 $
2.00
Rubber Mute- 6 inches by 1/2 inch-- Without metal handle- SH202 $ 2.25
Rubber
Mute- 4 inches by 1/4 inch-- Not in graphic
For the tight area between the dampers and bearing
bar on uprights SH201-1/2 $ 2.00
Rubber Mute for grand piano- 3 inches by 3/4 inch
Short, stubby, and wide-
SH205
$ 2.25
Felt
Wedge Mute- White and gray mute (not hammer scrap) Fine cut-- Very classy
Will not deteriorate over time like rubber,
but will slightly fluff with age to mute
better and better. I think these add a touch of class that black rubber
lacks.
Also, may be used in buffing
situations (key tops) with liquid compound.
3/4 inch wide by 4-1/2 inch long
SH206-A $ 8.50
1-1/2
inch wide by 3-1/2 inch long
SH206-B
$ 11.00
Treble Mute-- Split to mute the
middle string only. No longer has steel
handle. Now has handle like 203 mute.
SH204 $ 6.25
Papp's Treble Mute-- From England
Classic case of over-engineering--
I added plastic tape to the outside of
the jaws on mine and trimmed neat.
BUT, very useful to select which string you
want to mute--
SH207 $ 15.00
Split End Wood Mute-- Maple and buckskin covered working ends-- SH204-1/2 $ 11.95
Red felt temperament mute- Used to mute two octaves in the center
of the piano
when setting the temperament-
Also, mute the bass on grands with a second one.
This mute is tapered from 3/4 to 1/2 inch to help cross the treble
break-- SH209
$ 11.75
Two of the above felt temperament mutes-
$ 21.75
Above
mute-- tapered from 3/4 to 1/2 inch to help cross the treble break--
The difference in this mute is that it is thinner--
1/8 inch thick--
SH209T $ 11.75
Gang Mute- This fits into the temperament octave without having
to push felt between the wires. Saves
time, and easy to use.
You may want to cut
the tips shorter to avoid hanging up on the sound board
This mute is only practical with grand pianos. May be
modified with uprights.
SH 211 $ 12.50
Mason Hamlin Tuning Wrench For "Top Stringer"
PROTECT YOUR HEARING
After 23 years of tuning pianos I have suffered some hearing loss. I did not have any indication that this could happen when I started in the tuning trade. In recent years I have talked to several tuners who had the same experience. Other tuners have told me they use ear plugs to reduce the volume of sound to protect their hearing.Hearing protection must not interfere with hearing the beats and subtleties of sound. So, I have located a source for ear plugs which will reduce the sound level by 17 decibels. This is enough to take the force out of the loud pounding we need to do to set a string so that it will not move later.
I personally tested the ear plugs, and I was very pleased with the results. I could still hear all of the tone and sound features I needed in order to tune, but the pain was gone. I am so sorry I did not learn about this long ago.
These are not generic ear plugs, though I admit they look rather simplistic in the photo. They are tested and approved for safety purposes in the industrial world and are used in machine shops where mid level noise is a problem. Instructions are included to properly fit the ear plugs. They must be worn under the chin to be effective. This also gets them out of the way when working.
The yellow replacement plugs are available though our store.
Part Number-- SM5500 PRICE- $ 14.95
Pair of new yellow ear caps-- Part Number-- SM5501 PRICE- $ 8.50
May I say this.... ?
At our store we are constantly watching for new products, and crossover products,
which will make your tuning experience safer and more excellent. If you see a need
to solve some issue in piano related needs, SEND MAIL please.
TUNING FORKS
13 Tuning Forks Of a Chromatic
John Walker- Scale In Carrying Folder-
Sheffield forks imported from England,
and they cover the temperament octave
from C-261.6 to C-523.3.
They are made of blued steel, and are
packed in an attractive hard leatherette case with clasps. The note and frequency
of the note is clearly shown on each fork. SH2124 $ 445.00
John Walker Tuning Fork-- 150 year old company
Made in Sheffield England By the Ragg family--
Sheffield Blued Steel- C-523.3 SH2111 $ 25.00
Same Tuning Fork-- A-440- SH2110 $ 25.00
Nickel Plated Tuning
Forks--
Made by John Walker of Sheffield,
England
These forks are large steel forks,
3/8" wide, which provide a long, loud ring tone.
The forks are nickel plated and come in a vinyl pouch. Approx. 5-1/2"
long.
Tuning Fork A-440
SH2106
$ 91.00
Tuning Fork C-523.3
SH2107 $ 91.00
Aluminum "Monster" Tuning Fork-
Milled from heavy aluminum alloy- 3/8ths by 1" by 6". This
is a bulky fork,
but the duration of tone
is exceptionally long and sweet.
A440-
SH2108 $
28.00
C523.3-
SH2109
$ 28.00
Strike
tuning forks on a padded surface.
Hitting metal with a tuning fork
can alter the pitch if the blow is harsh.
See Table
of ContentsChapter Seven,and
Appendix
One- Tuning Instruction for tuning fork use.
Find Action Adjusting tools
below the Tuning Meter section.
OTHER
REPAIR AND RESTORATION TOOLS:
(Or "REGULATION of the Action") CLICK HERE
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