Tuning Hammers/Keys for Harpsichord Pins

8014 Old Style Stainless Steel Tuning Key
with stringing hook fits most old style harpsichord tuning pins with a flattened top. Order with loose sleeve, if you like to modify the slot yourself. 2.875" stem, 3" wide handle

80141 Old style Stainless Steel Tuning Key
like #8014 with a modified slot to fit over a sample tuning pin supplied by customer.

80140 Old Style Tuning Key without Hook
Same as above, but without the hook. Order with loose sleeve, if you like to modify the slot yourself. 2.875" stem, 3" wide handle

80143 Old style Stainless Steel Tuning Key
like #80140 with a modified slot to fit over a sample tuning pin supplied by customer.

8015 Old Style Solid Brass Tuning Key
with stringing hook fits most old style harpsichord tuning pins with a flattened top. Order with loose sleeve, if you like to modify the slot yourself. 2.875" stem, 3" wide handle

80151 Old style Solid Brass Tuning Key
like #8015 with a modified slot to fit over a sample tuning pin supplied by customer.

80156 Old Style Iron Tuning Key from France
without stringing hook. An iron key with a rusty looking bronze finish. It fits most pins in the 4mm to 5mm range.

80142 Old Style Steel Tuning Key from England
without stringing hook. It fits many old style tuning pins with flat top. The slot is tapered and the sleeve is loose so the slot can be modified by customer to fit customer’s old style harpsichord tuning pins. We can also perform this at our shop at additional cost (#80144). 3.875" stem, 3.5" wide handle

80146 Tuning Key with wood handle for old style tuning pins from Germany
This tuning key has a tapered slot to fit a large variety of old style tuning pins from 3.5 mm to 4.5 mm without modification. 3.75" stem, 4.25" wide handle

80149 Adapter Tip with rectangular hole for Zither Pin Tuning Keys
Place this adapter tip on an old style tuning pin, then use a regular star tipped zither key or tuning hammer to tune. You will have 8 positions rather than only one as with with #8014 etc. Order with loose sleeve, if you like to modify the slot yourself.
Use with tuning hammers #8011, 80110, 8013, 80130.

Tuning Keys for Old Style Harpsichord Tuning Pins

Catalog No	Description	NetPrice
#8014	Old Style Stainless Steel Tuning Key with stringing Hook	$40.00
#80140	Old Style Stainless Steel Tuning Key without stringing Hook	$36.00
#80141	Old Style Stainless Steel Tuning Key with modified slot and str hook	$85.00
#80143	Old Style Stainless Steel Tuning Key with modified slot, no str hook	$80.00
#80149	Adapter Tip for Tuning Old Style Tuning Pins	$59.00
#8015	Old Style Brass Tuning Key with stringing Hook	$43.00
#80151	Old Style Brass Tuning Key with stringing Hook, modified slot	$90.00
#80156	Old Style Iron Tuning Key without stringing Hook, France	$62.50
#80142	Old Style Steel Tuning Key without stringing Hook, England	$80.00
#80144	Old Style Steel Tuning Key without stringing Hook, modified, England	$125.00
#80146	Old Style Steel Tuning Key with wood handle, Germany	$60.00

Which Tuning Key will fit?

Looking down on your tuning pins you see that the top of each pin forms a rectangle having a width (the smaller dimension) and a length. We call the width of that rectangle the thickness (T) of the tuning pin at the very top. Measure this dimension with a micrometer or calipers as pricisely as you can.

T<.080" (2mm)

(most pins of diameter 3.7mm or less)

#8014, #80140, #8015

(ask for narrow slot)

#80142

T<.090" (2.25mm)

(most pins of diameter 4.2mm or less)

#8014, #80140, #8015

#80142, #80146, #80156

T<.100 (2.5mm)

#8014, #80140, #8015

(ask for no charge modification)

#80142, #80146, #80156 as is

T<.110 (2.75mm)

( 4.5mm pins)

#80149 as is

#80142 (ask for no charge modofocation)

#80141, #80143, #80151, #80156

T<.125" (3.15mm)

(5mm pins)

#80146 (fits barely)

#80141, #80143, #80151

#80144

For larger tuning pins see fortepiano tuning keys.