[pianotech] To ream or not to ream? - that is the question.

[William Monroe]

Hi Chuck (and everyone else),

I think one important distinction would be between reaming and drilling with
a drill bit - and whether either way is with a hand drill or drill press.  I
know some folks feel they can get consistent torque using a reamer in a hand
drill, others use a drill bit in a hand drill, etc., etc.

I'd probably agree with the second part of Tech A's argument if my option
was using a reamer and a hand drill.  Otherwise Tech. B if I get to use a
drill bit in a press - which is my chosen method, BTW.

William R. Monroe


On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 8:34 PM, Chuck Behm <behmpiano at gmail.com> wrote:

> With the results of the surveyabout repinning that I posted twice coming
> in, I'm noticing a very interesting divergence of opinion on the topic of
> reaming out the holes of an old pinblock when repinning. (This is on a
> stand-alone repinning job, where each pin is backed out one at a time, then
> immediately replaced - not a repinning/restringing job where all the pins
> are removed, then replaced some time later.)
>
> Anyway, here are sample comments from 2 technicians who sent me information
> about the way they repin.
>
> Technician A: "No reaming is required as when the new bigger pins are
> driven they ream the block. The block will be uneven if your ream."
>
> Technician B: "I will always drill out the block for new pins. I don't feel
> like I can get consistent torque any other way."
>
> Huh? So which way is it? I'm very interested in your thoughts. So far, it's
> running fairly even between the reamers and the non-reamers. I think this
> would be a good topic to toss out for discussion. If it's been aired in the
> recent past, I apologize, but I don't recall seeing anything about it as of
> late.
>
> Thanks to all of you who have sent me your thoughts concerning my survey,
> by the way. (If any of you haven't done so, but intend to, please do it soon
> so I can incorporate the results in the article I'm working up.)  Chuck
>
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