Hi, The piano looked just like any other rather boring Wurlitzer Baby Grand. Until I started tuning it. The Tuning Pins were so tight that I began to hurt my arm and shoulder. I decided that this piano was not going to get a very good tuning. After the tuning, I discussed the piano a bit with the lady of the house and told her that the tightness really prevented a very accurate tuning. I also told her that I was a little puzzled why an old piano would have such tight tuning pins. I left and the husband, who was working in the yard, asked me how it went. I told him about the Pinblock. He said that he was told it was a metal pinblock. Of course, I replied, that the plate is metal but the pinblock is wood. They had just bought the piano and the piano mover was also the person who had maintained the piano. The piano person told him the pinblock was metal and would hold tune better. So, I went back in, because I was curious, removed the fallboard and sure enough, the pinblock was metal. The tuning pins were sticking out underneath and were split. A long wedge was driven into this split, kind of like an axe handle wedge, and was about .5" long. Looking back at the tuning pin area, I saw that there were no screws going through the plate. Hmmm, interesting. It is a Wurlitzer baby grand, # 110716 (I think, pencil numbers on the front of keyframe) and has 6 legs. Should stand up better, also. Anybody know about these? Ken Hale, RPT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PianoDB 95 for MSAccess95 now shipping. PianoDB for MSAccess 2.0, A Windows database Manage your Piano Service Business Integrates with MS Office Download InfoPack D C AL CODA http://www.dcalcoda.com/ mailto:kenhale@dcalcoda.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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