Pinblock Repair

[Avery]

Alan,

I think you missed part of the post. Here's what came before the 
quote at the bottom.

Avery

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.


At 01:00 PM 7/15/2006, you wrote:
>What CA? Replacing strings, just put in the larger pins. Since it 
>had #1s, 3s or maybe 4s should be tight--maybe some reaming for 
>consistence would be a good idea.
>
>Alan Barnard
>Salem, MO
>Joshua 24:15
>
>
>----- Original message ----------------------------------------
>From: "J Patrick Draine" <jpdraine at gmail.com>
>To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
>Received: 07/15/2006 8:51:06 AM
>Subject: Re: Pinblock Repair
>
>
> >You can get plugs from Webb Phillips which will allow you to redrill
> >and install 2/0 pins. Personally, I would be a bit leary about
> >trusting a whole set of new bass strings to CA for long term
> >stability. Why don't you put plugs in the entire bass section?
> >While some folks swear by veneer in tuning pin holes, I have never
> >found it to be an acceptable repair (when I've attempted it).
> >Patrick Draine, RPT
>
> >On 7/15/06, Clark Sprague <CSPRAGUE4 at woh.rr.com> wrote:
>
> >>     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.
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