Tuning the Seeburg Nickelodeon & Xylophone
By Don Teach
Without exception, every Seeburg E or K that I have seen playing a
xylophone had a J.C. Deagan xylophone tuned to A=435. It is ever so
slight a drop in pitch compared to A=440. I would never try to retune
to A=440 an old xylophone that was originally made as A=435.
I have a xylophone in my collection of parts that is A=440 and of the
restorers I have spoken with, none can confirm that they have ever seen
a A=440 xylophone in a Seeburg.
Don Teach - Shreveport Music Co.
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