A new technique for easing tight tuning pins

[Roger Jolly]

>
>Rob,  do you think those cheap 25 watt soldering pencils with the set-screw
>anchored tip would get hot enough?  You could drill out the end (tip
>removed) so it would just fit over the pin.  Let's see...if you had 6
>irons...into 240 pins...times 4 minutes per pin.  That's uh...er...2 hours
>and 40 minutes to do the entire piano?  Not totally out of line if the
>results are as predictable as you say!
>
>Good going!  You may take the rest of the day off!
>
>Regards,
>
>Stan Kroeker
>Registered Piano Technician

Hi Stan,
             The 40 Watt Weller iron has a 1/4" hole for the bit and the 80
watt is 3/16"
I think Rob has hit on a good idea, lot's for us to play with.
On the subject of pins, last week I had a jumpy pin that was border line
loose,  guess what, 2 or 3 drops of thin CA, the pin tightened up and no
more jumping in either direction.
Originally pulling the pin up seemed as if the pin was real tight then snap
up it jumped, going back it took little or no effort to make it drop quite
a bit.
The glue ended up making it feel quite normal, in both directions.
Makes one wonder whats happening inside that hole?
Roger
> 

Roger Jolly
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