Front Rail Pins

Avery Todd ATodd@UH.EDU
Fri, 30 Aug 1996 10:27:22 -0500


John,
   Thanks for your reply. Sorry I'm so long getting back to you. It's
"that" time of year for me!
   Two questions: 1) what proportions of water & glue did you use?
                  2) how much did you put in the keypin hole? Fill it up, or
                     what?

Avery

>    Had the same problem with a 1919 George Steck grand I rebuilt a while
>    back.  I replaced all the keyframe pins, but first I had to re-size the
>    holes to fit the new pins.  This is what I did:  with all the pins out,
>    dropped a water/glue sizing solution into each of the holes, allowed it
>    to dry, and presto, super-tight holes to accept the new "under" sized
>    pins.  Worked great.
>
>    John Piesik

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Avery Todd, RPT
Moores School of Music
University of Houston
Houston, TX 77204-4893
713-743-3226
atodd@uh.edu
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