new Baldwin Pin Torque, was PianoTechList Comments

[Carl Meyer]

Ron!  When you have this stern conversation with the pin block about not
moving, does profanity help?

Carl Meyer

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Nossaman" <RNossaman@KSCABLE.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, August 03, 2001 7:32 AM
Subject: Re: new Baldwin Pin Torque, was PianoTechList Comments


> >The shop I worked in during my formidable years always had the block in
the
> >piano, the bearing set, and the pinblock anchored to the plate. Drilling
was
> >the last step, just before stringing. They didn't want any pinblock
movement
> >of any kind when it was drilled. They never really explained why. But the
> >flexing block and hole change makes some sense to me.
> >
> >Paul Chick
>
>
> Hi Paul,
> I've always drilled blocks in the piano after everything is screwed down,
> glued in, and sternly instructed to not move. It never occurred to me that
> flexing after the fact might affect pin torque. I do it this way to better
> center the bit in the plate holes and to more easily establish and set my
> pin draft angle.
>
> Ron N