Dan, That is very interesting; U.S. Patent 4920847 by Harold Conklin describes a tuning pin setup without the pin block. This is however a more recent invention (1990). If the owner is very attached to the instrument, one could probably do something along the lines of the idea in the patent to replace the broken pins. The invention appears to be well tested and documented in the description. Vladan =================================== Query...I have a customer with an old grand piano...probably European of = some kind, pretty old, but of modern style. The problem is the tuning = pins. This piano has NO pin block. What it has is a two piece tuning = pin system. The part we use to tune looks the same as on a normal = piano, protruding from the plate...here's where the similarity stops. = The bottom of this part of the pin is somewhat bell-shaped, to butt up = against the bottom of the plate. Underneath that is a bolt that screws = up against the pin and there's where you regulate the tightness of the = pin. =20 The problem is...some of the pins have broken at the becket hole...is my = customer screwed, or has anyone heard of this, or know where I can = acquire these odd pins? Dan Cartlidge, RPT __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Make Yahoo! your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs
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