I'm curious what would be used to adhere the plugs in the silicone-damaged pinblock. On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 6:59 PM, Farrell <mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com> wrote: > "The only real cure is to remove the silicone, which would require > removing the pinblock." > > Or, if the rest of the block seems good, maybe plugs in the affected areas. > > Terry Farrell > > ----- Original Message ----- > I ran across this phenomenon a few years ago. Phil Glenn, formerly with > Young Chang, told me that in the late 80's the drill bits YC used to > pre-drill for the pressure bar screws were changed to a slightly smaller > size. They later discovered that the guy putting the screws in put silicone > on the screws so he could drive them into the smaller hole. Consequently the > silicone creeped up the pinblock and typically the bottom row of holes of > those pianos would become loose. > > CA probably has the best chance of extending the tuning life of the Young > Chang-built Weber. Replacing the tuning pins or driving them deeper won't > help. The only real cure is to remove the silicone, which would require > removing the pinblock. > Best regards, > Dave Davis, RPT > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20090226/5f294736/attachment.html>
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