Erratic Keypins

[gordon stelter]

Sounds like someone pounded them in with a  hammer,
rather than pushing them in with a drill press.
     Thump

--- Farrell <mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com> wrote:

> I'm working on a grand action where the keypins
> appear new/recent and are at all sorts of angles -
> many leaning forward and actually catching the key
> mortise edge. 40% of them you can wiggle quite a bit
> with your finger (like 1 mm movement at the top
> easily). Wood around pins feels almost spongy - like
> someone treated the darn thing with the pinblock
> dope of yesteryear (but no stains - don't really
> think anyone did that). Most pins pull out quite
> easily. This thing is a mess. I've been bending a
> few pins, etc., to make things function, but this is
> otherwise a very nice piano and these pins are total
> BS. I can't feel right applying 73 bandages to this
> instrument.
> 
> The only thing I can think of doing to make things
> right is to either replace the key frame front rail
> and drill new holes or plug the original and
> redrill. Anybody tackle this task before? Anyone
> have any other wise ideas (constructive-wise, not
> smart-alleky-wise!)?
> 
> Thanks. Scary pictures available upon request.
> 
> Terry Farrell


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