Tuning Pins

[Brian Lawson]

I had an upright piano today where thier are many loose pins and they have
already been knocked in so far that the coil is embedded into the bushing. I
dont own a piano tilter (not that it would be practical to do it in his
house) and the customer wont pay for removal as well as repair, so for now
he is stuck with it.



Brian Lawson
IC PTG, MPT
Johannesburg, South Africa

----- Original Message -----
From: <kam544@flash.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 1999 3:18 PM
Subject: Re: Tuning Pins


> >George Todd posted: ...Which is better to  do?
>
> Both methods can be successful depending on the circumstances.
>
> I would try tapping the pins into the pinblock as a first alternative.  If
> that's not successful, then you can resort to a tuning pin tightener as a
> second step.
>
> You can use the worst offenders for a test situation to check results
> before committing to all of them.
>
> Keith McGavern
> Registered Piano Technician
> Oklahoma Chapter 731
> Piano Technicians Guild
> USA
>
>