The ''Tine Cutting Measurement chart''

[Tehu]

Hi, i'll receive some new tines, and i want to know where or how can i get a copy of the Tine cutting measurment chart in 1:1 scale... I got it but when i print it, it down the scale a little bit, or somebody have the complete list of all dimention of all tines for a seventy three stage piano.
Or am i too dumb to be able to print it in 1:1 scale!
Plz Help me!

Thanks

Xavier

[jim]

yeah it's funny i've got about five different sizes of tine cutting guide.
sometimes i just make it half way between the size of the two surrounding tines.

[james]

You're better off just matching the new tine's length to the one you're replacing.  I've still got the original scans of the Service Manual, so I can put together a printable version of the chart for everybody.  BTW, I think the length measurements in the chart include the generator block (back in the day you could get "un-staked" spare tines without it...although I don't know how you'd get the old tine out of the generator to put the new one in!).

[jim]

wow un-staked?
makes sense though doesn't it, cause nothing ever goes wrong with the block section.

[james]

I just added a printable version of the chart on the Super Site:

http://www.fenderrhodes.com/service/tinecut.doc

If you guys can do a test print to make sure it's the right size, I'd appreciate it.  You can tell it's correct if the "Tine Cutting Measurement Area" is around 6-1/8" (15.5 cm) long.  And on closer inspection of the chart, there's a picture of a tine at the bottom...the length doesn't include the generator after all.

[Tehu]

Yeah! thanks, it's in 1:1 scale!
the first have exacly 6 1/8!!

thanks again!
Xavier

[jibbidyjoe]

What's strange is that I have an original cutting guide for a Mark II, but when I used it to cut a tine for my Mark V, I found that the tines in my Mark V are all longer than what the cutting chart suggests.

I am assuming the majority of tines on my Mark V are original from the factory, so did the Mark V have a different cutting chart?

[james]

There's a general issue with the chart lengths being a little too long, even if you have an original printed copy of the chart (which I do!).  Again, cutting the new tine to match the old one seems to be the best way to go.