Tuning Pin Length?

[Farrell]

"99% of the pinblocks I've had to replace were drilled all the way through."

What percentage of grand pinblocks are not drilled all the way through? I don't know that I have ever seen one like that.

Terry Farrell
  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joseph Garrett" <joegarrett@earthlink.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 9:15 PM
Subject: Tuning Pin Length?


> Rich,
> I've always use a "rule of thumb", that if the pinblock is 1 1/4", I use 2
> 1/4" tuning pins. It leaves the tuning pins just shy of the bottom of the
> pin block, (that is if the web is not excessively thick). As I do not drill
> all the way through my pinblocks, but simply "dimple" them, like we do for
> upright hammers. This dimple is to relieve the hydrolic pressure of the Pin
> Driving fluid.
> As I firmly believe that a completely sealed pinblock will last longer, this
> is how I do it. (99% of the pinblocks I've had to replace were drilled all
> the way through.)
> Best Regards,
> Joe Garrett, RPT, (Oregon)
> 
> Been There, Didn't Like It, So I'm Here To Stay! [G}
>