[CAUT] driving tuning pins on a samick grand

[Daniel Gurnee]

If your tuning pins are the right height above the plate, then they are 
too long.  They should not protrude at the bottom of the pin block.  
Did you match the length of the new pins to the old ones?

Daniel Gurnee, HSU, Ret.


On Saturday, February 3, 2007, at 08:19 PM, ed440 at mindspring.com wrote:

> Why are you driving them so far through the block?
> When they go that far, they must be pushing the jack away from the 
> block.
> Do you have a support between the keybed and the floor?
>
> Ed Sutton
>
> -----Original Message-----
>> From: daniel carlton <hacicspe at gmail.com>
>> Sent: Feb 3, 2007 7:17 PM
>> To: college and university technicians <caut at ptg.org>, pianotech 
>> mailing list <pianotech at ptg.org>
>> Subject: [CAUT] driving tuning pins on a samick grand
>>
>> hi list
>>
>> i'm driving tuning pins on a samick grand. i have the PB supported 
>> with
>> the PB support from Schaff, but the bottom lamination is separating 
>> from the
>> PB. i've included pictures. i've got the nuts on the PB support as 
>> tight as
>> they'll go, but the separation still happens. i've made my through 
>> half the
>> pins; i just wanted to see if anyone thinks if i should stop. by the 
>> way, i
>> pulled a small piece of the lamination off, so that's why there's a 
>> chunk
>> missing in one of the photos.
>>
>> thanks
>>
>> daniel carlton
>