Wim, Thanks for your reply. I wouldn't consider any work without discussing it with the customer first. Regarding the loose tuning pin on the string which I replaced, I drove in a 3/0 pin and got a torque of about 60 inch pounds. I think I would be tempted to go with 4/0 pins if the restringing should go ahead. I'll take your advice along with that of the other listees that replied when I discuss it with my customer. Cheers Terry Beckingham At 07:11 PM 4/9/2001 -0400, you wrote: >Terry > >I would be very careful about doing any work on this piano, until you have >had a face to face conversation with the customer. The fact that a tuning >pin, which is supposed to have a torque reading of 30 - 40 lbs, now is loose >after turning it out only one turn, leads me to think that the others are >help in place with rust and powder. Any attempt at raising pitch on this >piano might result in all the pins becoming very loose. > >Whenever work is done on an original hundred plus year old piano, there are >going to be some major problems that need to be looked at. The tuning pins >and bass strings are two of them. The soundboard, the action centers, the >bridges, etc., all might look OK, but what will happen when you start working >on them? > >Prepare the customer that she might have a money pit, where keeping the piano >going might wind up costing her thousands of dollars. > >Just my opinion > >Willem
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