Hi, all! Yesterday I worked on a 1915 Bluthner Grand. I could only talk the husband into "Just make it work". Then I talked to the wife, and was able to get a little farther with her, a new set of Arledge bass strings, with CA the block, file hammers, a little regulation, etc.
A previous tooner had put some universal strings in the bass (poorly), and had used some of those infamous "sleeves" in the tuning pin holes. I pulled those out, and figured that as loose as those pins were, I'd put in 3's (1's came out), and 4's in the sleeved holes.
To my horror, when putting in the new strings and pins, there were 2 holes that actually had 2 sleeves in the holes, and when removed, the 4's actually fell through the holes!!! I had a few 6's, and one of them worked. The other still went through the hole.
My question is: What are your thoughts on repairing the hole with veneer? I have restrung numerous pianos, and I have never ran into this before. I think I know how to do this, but I wanted to get your thoughts on the proper way to accomplish the repair.
I know, I know, I don't like using 6's either, maybe the thing to do is to repair both of those holes. I have regular thick veneer, and double thick veneer to work with.
Clark A. Sprague, RPT
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