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2 on a plate Classical tuners

A friend of mine gave me (2) of these. I am guessing they are for a 4-string tenor classical guitar. They have NO... read that as ZERO markings on them. Can anyone tell me anything about them? I did some research and came up empty, so far. What instrument were they used on? How old do you think they are?

Sorry about the glare in the photo but, there really isn't much to see, as far as I can tell anyway.

I am sure someone out there in CBN is astute enough to help me in this quest.

Thanks for your help. I want to make sure I do them justice, if they are something special.

Kidd

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Permalink Reply by Kidd Filby on August 1, 2011 at 5:26am

WOW.... Oilyfoot;

That's probably the most expensive intake in the automotive world. So, you understand my comparison. HE HE HE

You have done some serious research here. I have been on that Harmony site a couple times in the past, when I was looking for the tenor guitar I mentioned earlier. You betchyah.... there is a ton on info on that site.

Through all of this... You have hit the nail on the head. I really think you've got it. If you look at the pictures I attached to this reply, you will see that yes... in fact the ends do not match.... AND... you'll notice there are file scratches at each of the would-be crafted ends. These were in fact shortened. I looked at those scratches before and wondered why they both had scratches at the same place. It never occurred to me that they may have been shortened. Like I said.... I'm a green horn.

WOW.... I am totally set back here... you should be a CSI agent or something along those lines. Awesome work Oilyfoot!!!! Awesome work!!

I am, by career choice, a Sr. Level Tech Support Engineer with over 25 years in the industry.... I KNOW the Devil's in the details all too well. And Murphy is never far behind him. There's no such thing as too much correct information.

Thank you Oilyfoot... U B dah MAN!!!

Kidd

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Permalink Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague on August 1, 2011 at 8:28am

Kidd,
Glad to help! I'm a geologist, so my job is figuring out puzzles on something you can't see, from extremely limited data. I've been trained to question everything, including my own assumptions, at least twice. Plus, I know luck and experience are often involved. So I knew someone who had done one of these mods, and made a lucky guess.

This was fun! Got any more mysteries?

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Permalink Reply by Kidd Filby on August 1, 2011 at 8:38am

Oilyfoot;

Ok... There were these 3 guys.... Ahh forget it..... you probably made the riddle up yourself anyway.

Man... it sure was fun to dig into this little issue. Looks like I had a few people interested enough to get involved in helping someone they never even heard of before.... AND THAT, my friend..... is worth its weight in GOLD. Not a lot of us folks around out there these days.... for one reason or another.

To ALL who helped me along my quest... I truly appreciate each and every minute you spent on my little question. And you have made me VERY glad that I joined CBN.

Have fun and keep on CBG'n;

Kidd