8year Nordiska

[Paul McCloud]

Hi, Jessica:
    I worked for a dealer who carried that brand.  I don't remember having loose pins in any that I tuned.  I usually found the opposite.  I hope you used a jack under the pinblock while driving the pins.  If the pins are too loose to hold, I'd guess using  CA glue would work.  I'd be curious to know what the environment is around the piano.  If there is a damppchaser in the action cavity, I'd be suspicious.  
     If the pins won't go further in the block, I'd check and see if the coils are hitting the plate already.  Can you see the tuning pin holes in the block from inside the action cavity?  If they are drilled through, you should be able to drive them further, at least a little.  
    Something doesn't add up.  Maybe someone did something unorthodox to make the pins easier to turn and somehow overdid it.  My experience is that the strings don't render well because of a steep angle down to the agraffes which adds a lot of friction.  Coupled with tight pins, they can be a challenge to tune.  Maybe someone tried to loosen them up and went too far. 
    The laminated keys are very stable, won't warp or twist.  I had to invent "gorilla grip" key easing pliers to deal with sluggish keys because they seem to swell with moisture, and the cross laminations don't crush easily using ordinary pliers.  I modified a pair of Vice Grips to do this job.  In spite of this, they are better than the rubberwood keys I usually find in imported pianos.  
    Paul 

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: Jessica Masse 
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Sent: 05/27/2008 2:09:00 PM 
Subject: 8year Nordiska


Hi,
Nordiska A08141 was tuned 2 years ago.  Owner said tuner made banging sound on it while tuning.  Too many Tuning pins are very loose.  I Contacted Geneva, they couldn’t help me or give any insight on its construction.  The Owner handed me $150 cash said do your best.  I tried to pound the tuning pins in deeper.  They came back out like the holes weren’t drilled deep enough.  I’m guessing the wood used in the pin block is not typical or it is unglued from back because holes weren’t drilled deep enough or it’s just unglued.  Thought about using CA Glue.  

The keys weigh a ton all laminated with lots of weight added too.  Nice shiny black thing wouldn’t call it a piano.

I handed the woman back her money and I told her I would get back to her.  

What to do What to do.   She wants her granddaughter to play it.  No one in the city will say they sold it to her.  Her husband bought it they don’t remember the name of the store not much help from dealers here anyway.

Jessica Masse
RPT Piano Technicians Guild
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