Vintage tuners on ricks?

Ryan Lunenfeld · Post by **Ryan Lunenfeld** » 8 Oct 2020 12:16 pm

What were the tuners used on the older ricks? I need to replace two buttons/knobs...not sure what to look for!

Are they Klusons? Any place to get these vintage pieces?

Noah Miller · Post by **Noah Miller** » 8 Oct 2020 4:44 pm

There was a range of tuners used, though crumbling buttons is a particularly common issue with old Klusons. If you can post a picture we can ID them.

Ryan Lunenfeld · Post by **Ryan Lunenfeld** » 8 Oct 2020 7:20 pm

Thank you. Will take pictures tomorrow and post up. And again very thankful for any help provided

David Ball · Post by **David Ball** » 9 Oct 2020 2:23 am

Stewart McDonald sells replacement buttons:

https://www.stewmac.com/parts-and-hardw ... knobs.html

Dave

Kerry Wood · Post by **Kerry Wood** » 9 Oct 2020 7:56 am

I'm betting you're dealing with something like this:

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/NtIAAOSw ... s-l500.jpg

Ryan Lunenfeld · Post by **Ryan Lunenfeld** » 9 Oct 2020 3:39 pm

This is what itâ€™s looking like right now , are those original tuners ?

Bill Sinclair · Post by **Bill Sinclair** » 10 Oct 2020 6:59 am

You didn't tell us it was a frying pan! Since the buttons are crumbling, they're probably original. I'd try a couple of the ivoroid tuner buttons from David's Stewmac link above. Not too hard to install if you follow the directions although I've managed to screw up a couple out of the couple dozen I've replaced. Wouldn't hurt to buy an extra.

Ryan Lunenfeld · Post by **Ryan Lunenfeld** » 10 Oct 2020 2:23 pm

Bill Sinclair wrote:You didn't tell us it was a frying pan! Since the buttons are crumbling, they're probably original. I'd try a couple of the ivoroid tuner buttons from David's Stewmac link above. Not too hard to install if you follow the directions although I've managed to screw up a couple out of the couple dozen I've replaced. Wouldn't hurt to buy an extra.

Oops! forgot I emitted that part! ha:-)

I'm going to order some of the stewmacs I think. unfortunate that the shipping is so high I have to buy more stuff to make it worth while! haha....