You're taking up stretch in new strings. Tuning stability is also a function of how many tunings have occurred since stringing. Filling gaps with epoxy will help prevent micro shifting but the changes you're talking about sound more like typical new string stretch. Figure monthly tapering off to bi-monthly tunings in the first year. That can taper off to quarterly tunings during the second year and than three in the third down to two annually. Or, the owner can tolerate out-of-tune for years if he chooses. Good luck, Andrew Anderosn At 02:57 PM 2/5/2006, you wrote: >Whatıs the latest on whether or not a pinblock should butt against the plate >flange? I have a customer who has a rebuilt piano that wonıt hold tune for >even a day and when I removed the action and checked the pinblock-to-plate >fit I found gaps throughout, some as much as 1/8 inch. Two weeks after I >tuned it I found it over 20 cents flat and had to give it a pitch raise. A >few weeks later it was overly flat again and in need of a pitch raise. I >explained to the customer about the pinblock to plate flange fit but he said >that he was told by the rebuilder that such a thing was not important. To >top it off he did some research and got conflicting comments. Some said the >piano is OK as is while others held to the conviction that the gaps in the >pinblock are the problem with his piano. I need some backup in my >assessment, either pro or con. > >Ted Simmons >Viera, Florida >_______________________________________________ >Pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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