PIANO WITH NO PINBLOCK!!!???

[Isaac OLEG]

Hello,

Thanks for posting,

Do you regulate the hardness of the fit as  regular maintenance (with
the little wedges ?)

I seem to remember having seen one of these in a precedent life - no
particular impression but the action was too worn and it was enough of
a pain to play the notes at this moment. But I don't remember having
problems on most of the notes (accordingly to the kind of tuning I do
in these times) , but some where not really holding, or where veryhard
to stay put.
I seem to recall that I took a little hammer and inserted the wedges
but can't remember more (sorry, may be afterthat I wake up ;>)
Nowadays - nor a dream  or a nightmare, but I remember the notes that
don't want to stay I could not really tune them.

May be with some oil !

Best Regards


Isaac OLEG

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> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : pianotech-bounces@ptg.org
> [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]De la
> part de John Gunderson
> Envoye : lundi 14 avril 2003 04:52
> A : pianotech@ptg.org
> Objet : PIANO WITH NO PINBLOCK!!!???
>
>
> That's right, I have a customer with a 1930 Wurlitzer baby
> grand serial #
> 104791.  She told me tuners have complained how hard it is
> to tune and that
> one of the tuners told her it has no pin block.  When I
> checked, to my
> surprise, there was no pin block.  The plate was drilled to
> fit the tuning
> pins snuggly and the pins where driven directly into the
> plate.  On the top
> side, the pins look just like any other grand piano but
> underneath they
> extend out of the plate about 3/8ths of an inch, they are
> split and little
> steel wedges are driving into each pin to spread the pin
> tight inside the
> hole.  I have pictures in jpeg format if anyone is
> interested in seeing
> this system,  just e-mail me and I'll be happy to send them out to
> you.  The fact is that the piano holds tune exceptionally
> well (73 years
> and still holding strong).  I would say the piano is not so
> much difficult
> to tune,  it's just a different feel, quite unlike a wooden block.
>
> I'd be interested if anyone has any information about this
> tuning pin system.
>
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