Hi Daniel, Oh, BTW, I forgot to mention that on an old upright, I'd use CA glue as a pin tightener even before sandpaper! :-) Avery >Sorry. I'm just not willing to take the chance on worsening an already >bad problem just because someone else might not like it! Especially on >old uprights! Maybe I've just been doing this too long! Avery >I would therefor set up a date when I could come back to >replace the pins with one from a left-over pin from a previous restrining >job. > >Perhaps its OK to use sandpaper. Here in Sweden I would fear that if some >other tech comes and see my sandpaper-fix would put me in trouble, but I >guess noone would care if its one of those everyday-piano wich is in bad >shape besides loose tuning pins. > >Best regards, >Daniel Lindholm > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Avery Todd" <avery@ev1.net> >To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> >Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2003 11:10 AM >Subject: Re: curing loose t-pins w/sandpaper > > > > Daniel, > > > > Something I've heard many times to be aware of is that if a pin is > > loose because of a split beginning in the block, an oversize pin > > "could" enlarge the crack, making the looseness extend to even more > > pins. Just a thought. > > > > Avery > > > > At 01:07 AM 06/08/03 +0200, you wrote: > > >That sounds like a really temporary fix. Why not replace the pins with > > >larger while you are at it? > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > > >From: "Clyde Hollinger" <cedel@supernet.com> > > >To: <pianotech@ptg.org> > > >Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2003 9:24 PM > > >Subject: curing loose t-pins w/sandpaper > > > > > > > > > > Friends, > > > > > > > > I service an old upright with several very loose low bass tuning pins. > > > > Two of them won't even hold a pitch. I tried epoxy on them, but that > > > > didn't work. I'd like to try sandpaper in the holes. > > > > > > > > For those who have done this successfully, what type of sandpaper and > > > > what grit do you use? Can I just drive the tuning pin in the hole >after > > > > fitting a sandpaper shim, or should the pin be turned in? I'd like to > > > > give this a try on Monday. Thank you. > > > > > > > > Sincerely, > > > > Clyde Hollinger, RPT > > > > Lititz, PA > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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