Pinblock transfer agent

[Ron Nossaman]

> It looks to me like Steinway doesn't put anything on the plate, but rather, 
> coats the front of the pinblocks and then begin fitting them by removing all 
> the shiney spots that appear when the plate is dropped in.  

The thought has occurred to me. Still, a fair amount of the 
stuff remains on the plate, and sticks to it better than dry 
or water slurry graphite. Maybe they graphited both surfaces.


>There is a lot of 
> untouched surface on these blocks, but the graphite is all over the front edge. 

Sure is, but it's all over the plate flange too.


> It also seems that extra care is taken to make sure the lower edge fits 
> best,(perhaps to make it appear to a feeler gauge that there is total contact ?)
> Regards, 
> 
> Ed Foote RPT 

Oh surely not! <G> I've often wondered what sort of QC 
procedures, or lack thereof, accounted for what we see in 
these old pianos. The QC is instrumental (sorry) in defining 
most processes.
Ron N