Broadwood wat about?

[John Ross]

Perhaps it is a play on the word 'boudoir'?
On 6-Aug-08, at 7:07 PM, Gevaert Pierre wrote:

> I don’t know, I think the guy must be dead right now (otherways I  
> would have ask him) but I love some of the old Broadwoods. They are  
> realy beatifull and fine pianos. Beethoven owned one and I think it   
> was his prefered piano above an Erard and a Streicher (Vienese) .
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> Pierre
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> De : pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] De  
> la part de Paul T Williams
> Envoyé : mercredi 6 août 2008 23:18
> À : Pianotech List
> Objet : RE: Broadwood wat about?
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> Well, at least he loves you!!!
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> I don't get it either.  Love, pw
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> I don't know enough about older period instruments to be of help !   
> Sorry...
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> "Gevaert Pierre" <pierre.gevaert at belgacom.net>
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> 08/06/2008 04:12 PM
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> At least one reply to my post  but I don’t understand what this has  
> to do with Broadwood tuning pins ? Am I missing something ?
> Otherways I still think this would be an interesting subject..
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> Cheers,
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> Pierre Gevaert
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> De : pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] De  
> la part de Kenny Finlayson
> Envoyé : mardi 5 août 2008 4:32
> À : Pianotech List
> Objet : Re: Broadwood broken tuning pin
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> I love you too.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Gevaert Pierre
> To: 'Pianotech List'
> Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2008 11:59 AM
> Subject: RE: Broadwood broken tuning pin
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> Hi,
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> The Boudoir grands I know about have the (square)pins screwed for  
> about 2/3 into the iron plate and 1/3 into wood.
> I tuned several and some stayed in tune quite well (afther more than  
> 130 years !)
> Others had the pins to loose. I don’t know if it is possible to find  
> such tuning pins nor if it these would hold better.
> There is some explanation on the lest front side of the soundboard  
> near the basstrings but I think this is only to explain how to  
> change a string.
>  I’m also interested to know how to make this kind of pins tight  
> again.
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> Like some use ca glue for wooden pinblocks would it be possible to  
> use a kind of product like Locktite for metal threads ?
> This is used for making the threads tighter and exists in several  
> strenghts.
> Of course this may sound stange for using this kind of stuff for  
> historical pianos but I can’t see another way exept maybe make  
> threaded pins that are a little bigger or maybe a better choise to  
> change the wooden part of the block (beech)so that at least the pins  
> get some new grip there.
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> In this way it would be possible to clean and reuse the original pins.
> There are many of those Boudoir grands remaining today so I would  
> eventually be possible to find another similar instrument for using  
> spare parts.
>
> Pierre Gevaert
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> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] De  
> la part de John Delacour
> Envoyé : dimanche 3 août 2008 19:58
> À : Pianotech List
> Objet : Re: Broadwood broken tuning pin
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> At 15:28 +0200 3/8/08, stephan van meirhaeghe wrote:
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> >Hi list,
> >
> >I'm now restoring a Broadwood grand 'Boudoir' and had to remove all
> >the tuning pins because to rusty and not possible to tune...
> >Anywone had similar problems?And where can I find similar pins?Or do
> >I need make new ones?
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> Are you talking of the threaded pins that screw into an iron plate?
> If so, send a photo.  I can't help you but I'll be doing some work
> with a colleague soon who may have some.
>
> JD
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John Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada





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