Re Tuning pin leveling and ratchet capstan adjuster

[Joe & Penny Goss]

WORKIN ON IT
JOE

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> From: Mark Bolsius <markbolsius@optusnet.com.au>
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: Re Tuning pin leveling and ratchet capstan adjuster
> Date: Saturday, September 04, 1999 2:39 AM
> 
> 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
> 
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> >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?