We are in complete agreement in thought and practice. Thanks for the detailed input. I tend toward brevity and can be misunderstood. Sorry for the confusion. Greg Newell At 10:59 AM 10/13/2005, you wrote: >Not sure what you mean. I do insert new pins. But only after sanding the >bridge flat and renotching which gives a much better result, looks better >too. If you swab the holes with epoxy first you can redrill with the bit >size for the original size pins (not the original pins themselves). There >is no need to go up in size unless, of course, the size was inadequate to >begin with--which it sometimes is. Nothing smaller than 7's in the treble, >8's in the tenor, 9's for the bichords and 10's for the mono's is my >preference. > >More and more I am recapping the capo section as a standard procedure. >Prior to sanding the tenor and bass bridge flat, I clean off the old dag >with denatured alcohol and a rag. Then, when you sand the bridge top, you >get down to that really nice looking aged maple. When the whole thing is >done I shoot the bridge, cap and all, with a light coat of lacquer and just >leave the wood to show--no dag, no filing pins flat. Looks great, works >great. > >David Love >davidlovepianos@comcast.net > >-----Original Message----- >From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf >Of Greg Newell >Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 7:44 AM >To: Pianotech >Subject: RE: Rebuild Project - suggestions? > >David, > One question. Why? New pins accomplish the same thing with a lot >less hassle and they look better. Pulling old pins never seems to be a >problem around here. They generally come out quite easily without chipping >the cap at all. When the occasional one is tight and comes out badly I will >effect the repair as you've described but still with a new pin which then >provides a new pin surface for the string to ride against. > >Greg Newell > > >At 10:57 PM 10/12/2005, you wrote: > >I prefer to pull the old pins, if you don't need to recap then sand the > >bridge flat (to the bottom of the old grooves), renotch, paint on a layer >of > >very low viscosity epoxy and swab the old holes at the same time. When > >cured, sand the top down flat again to smooth out the epoxy coating, >redrill > >the old holes using the appropriate drill for the original size pin (the > >epoxy coating allows you to do this without chipping out the cap), renotch > >and repin securing the pins with epoxy or CA, your choice. Clean up the > >agraffes and capo bar and those terminations really terminate. > > > >David Love > >davidlovepianos@comcast.net > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On >Behalf > >Of Greg Newell > >Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2005 7:46 PM > >To: Pianotech > >Subject: Re: Rebuild Project - suggestions? > > > > > >Why? > >Well, first because you remove the string cut in the side of the old pin by > >replacing it and second you get a tighter fit between the bridge and the > >pin. Try it , I'm sure you'll like the results. > > > >Greg Newell > > > > > > > >At 07:55 PM 10/12/2005, you wrote: > > >Ben, if it's a grand, please do re-string it, and consider replacing > > >the > > >block...and resizing the bridge pins (Thanks Greg). Why? > > > > > >I know of a Howard Grand that is now at Sama getting a fresh coat of > > >lacquer, and the work that was done to it before I started servicing it > > >was 1st rate. The person who did the work did not refinish it, probably >at > > >the request of the previous owner, because I know for a fact their funds > > >were limited. This was a teacher's piano, and it has a warm, yet powerful > > >sound for a little guy. > > > > > >Just do it, > > > > > >-Phil > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > > >Greg Newell > >Greg's piano Forté > >mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net > > > >_______________________________________________ > >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > >Greg Newell >Greg's piano Forté >mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net > >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives Greg Newell Greg's piano Forté mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net
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