hitch pin glitch

[Tom Sivak]

I am in fact glad that it's not a team from New York!  I'm rooting for Da Bears.
   
  Tom
Steve Blasyak <atuneforyou at earthlink.net> wrote:
        Hey Now,
   
  Tom I did not mean to imply that it was your fault. In fact clearly it is a Steinway issue. In your original post did you not state that several other hitch pins seemed to be leaning as well? My comment "oh man what do I do now" was in reference to how do I fix this mess. I was advised at the time by some local RPT's to go to the hardware store get some large nails, return to clients home see which one fits the hole the best. Drive it in cut it off to the appropriate length. This seemed appropriate for a 75 year old Knabe Grand in a state of dis-repair. Somehow I don't think that would be an acceptable repair for a four year old Steinway.
   
  Thus far I have not read any posts as to how do we go about replacing a bent /broken hitch pin. Are the new ones driven in to the plate, screwed in, or glued in? We have had some discussion about the speaking length of the string being too short. This to me leaves more questions than answers. How would one change the length of the string without changing the bridge? This seems to me to be a complete do-over. Obviously I am not a re-builder, but if this is in fact the cause it seems to be a major flaw in the design/manufacturing of the piano. Please keep us posted on your dealings with the folks at Steinway.
   
  If your in Chicago who do root for? Detroit or St. Louis....or are you just glad its not some team from New York.
   
  Steve
   
   
   
   
   
  

   
    ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Tom Sivak 
  To: atuneforyou at earthlink.net;Pianotech List
  Sent: 10/22/2006 1:22:18 PM 
  Subject: RE: hitch pin glitch
  

  Steve Blasyak <atuneforyou at earthlink.net> wrote:
  After two or three try's the string actually climbed up over the bent hitch pin. At that point I finally noticed....oh man what do I do now. I can't imagine how it must have felt on a relatively new Steinway.
  Steve
   
  I don't feel like it's my doing whatsoever.  I've put hundreds of new strings on pianos and this has never happened before.  I did nothing different than I have ever done in the past.  This is a defect in the piano, and Steinway should fix it.  
   
  I do feel sorry for the owner;  I hope the repair procedure doesn't take too long;  I can hope he doesn't blame me for it; all I can do at this point, is try to expedite a solution through Steinway and the local dealer.
   
  And as for your old clunker, I can't see that the bent hitch pin was your fault, either.
   
  Tom Sivak
  Chicago



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