Upright PIANO WITH NO PINBLOCK!!!???

[Joe And Penny Goss]

Hi Warren,
That sounds like a Wegman system. A whole different can of worms <G>
Joe Goss
imatunr@srvinet.com
www.mothergoosetools.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Warren Fisher" <fishwar@earthlink.net>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2003 7:01 AM
Subject: Upright PIANO WITH NO PINBLOCK!!!???


> John,
> I once restrung an upright with no pinblock.  When I removed the string
> pressure, the pin, string and all popped out of the plate and dropped
> into the key bed along with my jaw!!  This one had a "V" in the bottom
> of the pin hole that the pin wedged into as the string pressure
> increased.  Not bad to tune, but as you would figure,  springing the pin
> was out.  The pitch would go down a bunch.  The  pins were shorter than
> normal and flat on the end.  They rested against the wood block that
> would have been the pinblock in a regular piano. Stringing it was really
> fun. I felt like a one-armed "paper-hanger"
> Warren
>
>
> John Gunderson wrote:
>
> > 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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