G'day Brian, Tuning pin leveling can be done with a stick gauge which rests on the plate and has a notch cut out for the pin to sit in. However, if the back row of pins need to be higher than the front ones (to ensure that the strings remain parallel to the plate) it may not work as well. I usually make sure all the coils have been lifted and tapped down with a coils setter (so that the becket hole is half covered and the coils are neat and tight) I usually then chip the piano to pitch (accuracy unimportant, I am primarily looking for tension on the coils and lift any stragglers....I hate droopy bottoms....on the coils that is! Then set the back row of pins so that the string runs parallel to the plate, then I set the forward rows of pins so that all the strings line up forming a flat plane parallel to the plate. The tuning pins should all form a consistent plane and the string's angle of incidence to the front duplex will also be consistent. Usually the front pins are higher than the back ones, but everything in between should be inline. I hope all this makes sense, I suppose I'm actually saying that I eyeball it anyway, but use the string level instead of the top of the pin.....the coils do have to be very, very good or it doesn't work, but then I am a Virgo and therefore a selective perfectionist, this happens to be one of the things I choose to be _really_ picky about (g) BTW I'm with you on a capstan adjuster with a ratchet mechanism.....someone please design/invent one pleeeease! Cheers Mark Bolsius Bolsius Piano Services Canberra Australia ---------- >From: owner-pianotech-digest@ptg.org (pianotech-digest) >To: pianotech-digest@ptg.org >Subject: pianotech-digest V1997 #1952 >Date: Sat, 4 Sep 1999 8:24 AM > > Hi list, a couple of questions > > 1) Is there an easy way to level tuning pins after a restring/re-pin other > than line of sight?
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