Mason and Hamlin A, circa 1909: What to do with loose tuning pinsinbass...

[mccleskey112 at bellsouth.net]

Hello and Happy New Year to All

I don't know if my way of replacing random tuning pins is any better than anyone elses, but I will share it with you anyway. 

First back the pin out enough to remove the becket from the pin hole using a smell screw driver and needle noses pliers. Then back the pin out the rest of the way. Put your new pin inside the coils of the string and then start it in the tuning pin hole. Turn it down until it is about 1 and 1/2 turns above being level with the rest of the pins. Put the becket back in the hole and turn it down until the coil is tight. Level the coils and tune and you are done.
Removing and replacing the becket is a little trickey on heavy bass strings but I very seldom break a becket.

Gerald McCleskey
Shreveport, LA
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: piannaman at aol.com 
  To: pianotech at ptg.org 
  Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2007 11:16 AM
  Subject: Re: Mason and Hamlin A, circa 1909: What to do with loose tuning pinsinbass...


  Martin,

  Thanks for this tip.  It will be useful in this and other string related repairs in the future.  Loose pins have several possible fixes short and long term.  Keeping the beckets intact is key to making the repair less complicated than it could be.



  Dave Stahl, RPT
  Dave Stahl Piano Service
  dstahlpiano.net




  -----Original Message-----
  From: Martin Wisenbaker <mbjwisenbaker at juno.com>
  To: pianotech at ptg.org
  Sent: Sat, 29 Dec 2007 5:50 am
  Subject: Re: Mason and Hamlin A, circa 1909: What to do with loose tuning pins inbass...


Terry:

If while you are backing out the tuning pin, someone else is pulling up
on the string at the same time, after getting it out from under the
damper, it prevents a strain in the other direction on the beckett which
usually will keep it from breaking off. It works every time for me.

Martin  Wisenbaker, RPT
Houston, Texas 

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