Loose pins

[carl meyer]

I've used medium grit emery cloth.  It is more rugged and won't tear off
so easily during pin driving.  I'm told that parchment is also good.

Carl Meyer
Santa Clara, Ca.

Farrell wrote:
> 
> For the odd pin, I simply remove the loose pin, roll up a pin-sized (one
> layer) piece of 120 grit sandpaper, insert it in the block hole, and pound
> the pin back in. Put grit side toward block. Tear off excess after pin is
> in. Works great.
> 
> Terry Farrell
> Piano Tuning & Service
> Tampa, Florida
> mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jon Page" <jonpage@mediaone.net>
> To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2000 3:02 PM
> Subject: Re: Loose pins
> 
> >
> > A toothpick !???
> >
> > Never heard that one before.  Where did you get this manual?
> > Don't do it !
> >
> > Look in the archives, plenty of info there.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Jon Page
> >
> > At 11:41 AM 03/11/2000 -0800, you wrote:
> > >List,
> > >   I am a relatively new piano tuner looking to find the best way to deal
> > >with loose pins, if there's only one or two on the instrument.  My course
> > >manual states that a trick that can be used is inserting a toothpick in
> > >the hole along with the pin, yet I don't want to try this until I know it
> > >works and doesn't do more harm than good.  What are your experiences with
> > >this?
> > >
> > >-Fritz William Herrick
> > >Montreal
> > >
> > >
> >
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> > Jon Page,   piano technician
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