A few season changes just may 'size' the holes enough for the jumping to alleviate itself. Jon Page At 11:52 AM 08/01/1999 -0500, you wrote: >Howdy, > >I just finished stringing a Kawai upright. Before starting >I always try a few preliminary tests. My test indicated >that 4/0 pins would do very nicely. Slightly tight but not >excessive, (I would rather see slightly tight pins than >marginally tight since this will ensure long lasting >tunability over the years). I did not ream the holes, as my >experience in doing this has not been favorable. Having >completed the stringing I am now finding that the pins are >excessively tight, tighter than my pre stringing tests. >They are also very jumpy and squeaky. I have strung many >pianos and have always had excellent results, even on my >first piano. This is the first time I have experienced this >kind of result. The piano is tunable but not anywhere near >as friendly as it should be. > >Has anyone discovered a way of improving this condition? >Obviously an impact hammer might be helpful in tuning but >that is not my question. I was thinking last night, I >wonder if heating the pins might reduce the friction a >little, kind of like heating a tight center pin. Not enough >to char the wood mind you, but perhaps it would ease the >holes a little. Of course this might polish the inside of >the holes too and make things worse. What do you think, any >ideas? > >I eagerly await your thoughts ;-) > >thanks, > >Rob Goodale, RPT > Jon Page, Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. mailto:jpage@capecod.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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