quick question b4 i go on vacation (bridge pin)

[Joe And Penny Goss]

Hi Stephen,
You have a gold mine of opportunities with this Ricca piano of yours. It
seems like it exhibits almost every kind of problem one often sees with the
very old ( including me ) <G>
Two ways to look at it. One would be it ain't broke so leave it alone.
Or lower the pitch a little, say a step, and try to tap the pin in with a
brass rod. You can sometimes tell if the pin is working out by looking to
see if the tops of the bridge pins have been filed off to make them level.
By taking the second approach you will learn on your own without  hurting a
thing as anything that you do will be fixable <G>
Gald to see that you did not tale my earlier advice and have a barbecue.
Conrad sent me some wonderful pictures of one that he had.
Joe Goss
imatunr@srvinet.com
www.mothergoosetools.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stephen Airy" <stephen_airy@yahoo.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 12:13 PM
Subject: quick question b4 i go on vacation (bridge pin)


> What would you say is the limit on how far a bridge
> pin can be pushed out of its socket before it's time
> to repair it?  The speaking length bridge pin for the
> right string on the highest bichord in my upright has
> been recently pushed out at least the diameter of the
> bridge pin if not farther, but it's not yet giving me
> noticeable false beats or other problems, and it's
> holding its tune so far...
>
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