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jackho...@dccnet.com

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Jun 30, 2013, 10:24:36 PM6/30/13
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Subject: Faventia barrel piano

A customer asked me to tune a barrel piano. I have never seen one but I told him if it had tuning pins and strings I would give it a whirl. He dropped it of at my shop today. I don't see a problem tuning it but thought I would ask if anyone has tuned these before or if there is anything I should know about these pianos. Also how rare are these?

Jack Houweling


 
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Joe Goss

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Jun 30, 2013, 10:36:05 PM6/30/13
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lcl...@yahoo.com

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Jun 30, 2013, 11:17:43 PM6/30/13
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Put your queries on the Mechanical Music Digest.

Thumpe


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lcl...@yahoo.com

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Jun 30, 2013, 11:40:23 PM6/30/13
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Put your queries on this gizmo to the Mechanical Music Digest. Someone on it likely has one.


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Geoff Sykes

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Jul 1, 2013, 12:10:51 AM7/1/13
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Several videos on YouTube. Late 1800's apparently. I'd love to see/hear before and after tuning videos. Also, with no keys, please let us know how you actually tuned it.

Jon Page

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Jul 1, 2013, 6:56:45 AM7/1/13
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Check the MMD archives, there has been discussions on these.

Jurgen G

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Jul 1, 2013, 12:27:40 PM7/1/13
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This could easily be a more recent reproduction of earlier barrel pianos which were not uncommon in Europe a hundred years ago - they were used for busking. Normally you have to be careful tuning the bass because the scale is not chromatic.  But this one has a cheat sheet for tuning it.
These are kind of clangy noise machines, often without dampers, so there is only so much refinement you can attain in the tuning.  The hammers are usually spring loaded, so if you pull the hammer back and let it fly, it will strike the strings.
Have fun Jack.
Jurgen

Joseph Garrett

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Jul 1, 2013, 12:34:30 PM7/1/13
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Jurgen,
"..busking."??? Whazzat?
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John Ross

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Jul 1, 2013, 12:42:36 PM7/1/13
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Street performer, for donations.
Some even had monkeys trained to collect the money.
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Jurgen Goering

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Jul 1, 2013, 12:44:34 PM7/1/13
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Not to steal Ron N's thunder, but it is a common word in the English language, and one that every musician I know understands. For those in need  of an enlargement of their vocabulary, two second google search will reveal all...
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jg

Ron Nossaman

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Jul 1, 2013, 12:56:40 PM7/1/13
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Joseph Garrett

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Jul 1, 2013, 1:54:36 PM7/1/13
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JG,
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Joe
 
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Not to steal Ron N's thunder, but it is a common word in the English language, and one that every musician I know understands. For those in need  of an enlargement of their vocabulary, two second google search will reveal all...
:^)
jg

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Jurgen,
"..busking."??? Whazzat?
Best
Joe
 
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Joseph Garrett

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Jul 1, 2013, 1:56:42 PM7/1/13
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> On 7/1/2013 11:34 AM, Joseph Garrett wrote:
> > Jurgen,
> > "..busking."??? Whazzat?
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Jurgen Goering

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Jul 1, 2013, 2:36:16 PM7/1/13
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Ron Nossaman

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Jul 1, 2013, 3:13:52 PM7/1/13
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I looked this one up, Google, and got a page full of hits that
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action. I/m certainly not above using a dictionary, but this was quicker.
Ron N
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