> > Check to see if the original pin holes are straight or angled. If they are > straight it's easiest to simply drive out the old ones and redrill for the > appropriate size vertical hitch. > Of course, I assumed the holes were straight and of course they are angled. (expletive deleted) Yesterday I went to a store that had a couple of Baldwins with vertical hitch pins. I used my rubber yardstick and were surprised to find the pins were .224 dia. and protruded .465 above the plate. The strings were about half way up. Ron N suggested 5 mm roll pins. I wasn't having much luck finding them locally, but Mcmaster-Carr had them. I ordered them on line and should have them by Tues. I'll try drilling the angled holes to 5mm and if there doesn't seem to be enough bearing surface, I'll redrill to 7/32 (still less than .224) and go to the larger pin. The plate was strikingly similar to the Emerson I'm working on. I was pleased to see the location of the hitch pins for notes just above the bass break were located almost exactly where I had planned to put them. Now the tail length will be about 130mm instead of 30mm. Now that I've actually measured it, the tail length bridge to the aliquots of the first 10 notes are all equal to the speaking length. That surprised me too. > > > > Anyway, that's what is pushing me to do it. The idea that I may not be > > doing this for the customer but for ME eludes them. > > Welcome to the club. Thank you Del. I regret not getting into pianos and especially rebuilding when I was younger. You and many others sharing so much has meant the difference between satisfaction and utter frustration. > > Del > Carl Meyer Assoc. PTG Santa Clara, California cmpiano@home.com >
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