stumped

[reggaepass at aol.com]

Judging from the input I've had from people who've tried it, #1 tuning pins work in an open block (i. e. , the coil is a few millimeters above the block itself, not the plate).  Apparently, anything much less than a #2 tuning pin will flagpole too much in a Steinway-style plate (with plate webbing over the pinblock, no plate bushings).  I was considering trying #1s on a new block in a "D" but was strongly advised not to for the aforementioned reason.  (Sounds like someone else had already been there and done that.)



Alan Eder


-----Original Message-----
From: John Ross <jrpiano at win.eastlink.ca>
To: Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Tue, 4 Dec 2007 10:10 am
Subject: Re: stumped













Another question re pins. Why are #2 pins used in 
a new block?


Wouldn't it make more sense to use 
#1.


I have always used the #2 in a new 
pinblock.


I have a mini piano I am putting a block in, and I 
am using #1 pins. #1 had been used initially.


John M. Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
jrpiano at win.eastlink.ca



  
----- Original Message ----- 

  
From: 
  Willem Blees 
  

  
To: pianotech at ptg.org 

  
Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2007 1:42 
  PM

  
Subject: Re: stumped

  




-----Original Message-----
From: pianolover 88 
  <pianolover88 at hotmail.com>
To: 
  Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Mon, 3 Dec 
  2007 7:47 pm
Subject: RE: stumped


  

  
  <<Why in the world 

would anyone put 3/0 pins in a new block???>>



>From what I gather, the "technician" who did the "rebuild" probably was just too lazy to order smaller pins, or was grossly under-prepared and that's the smallest sozed pins he had at the moment. Or...because there might be less "flagpolling" since Steinway grands don't have tuning pin bushings.



Terry Peterson


He could also have drilled the pins 
  too fast, or with a dull bit. He probably tried 2/0, but found them too loose. 
  Or he just didn't know what he was doing.



  
Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT






 





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