Larger Tuning Pin Installation

kam544@flash.net kam544@flash.net
Sat, 16 Dec 2000 20:50:30 -0600


>...1) Do I need to prepare or modify the existing hole in any way?
>Larry Trischetta

My past and current experience says it is unnecessary.

>I started to
>pound in the pin and it seems extremely tight.

If the one you are placing was not extremely loose, that would make sense.

>2) When supporting the pinblock, how much up-pressure do I exhert on the
>block? (Snug, tighter than snug, etc.)

Snug is sufficient.

Keith McGavern
Registered Piano Technician
Oklahoma Chapter 731
Piano Technicians Guild
USA







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