[pianotech] Oversized tuning pins

[David Doremus]

Actually, I had a situation like this 6 or 7 years ago on a restrung 
Steinway O that was completely untunable. I did the basically same thing 
except I lowered tension, popped out the beckets and backed all the pins 
out with a drill. Then replaced the beckets and drove the pins down to 
their original height. They all tuned very nicely afterwards and it only 
took about 4 hours total. Of course there was a follow up tuning later 
in the week....

--Dave
  New Orleans



David Ilvedson wrote:
> Well, that has never worked for me...but then I didn't do it for 7 hours!   Jeez...
>
> David Ilvedson, RPT
> Pacifica, CA  94044
>
> ----- Original message ----------------------------------------
> From: "Leslie Bartlett" <l-bartlett at sbcglobal.net>
> To: pianotech at ptg.org
> Received: 11/27/2009 7:21:45 PM
> Subject: Re: [pianotech] Oversized tuning pins
>
>
>> I have a church client which (who?) purchased a 9-foot Shigeru, and two
>> Estonias.  One of the Estonias was so bad that every pin popped, and I
>> finally told them it was un-tunable. Short story....  I told them I thought
>> I could fix it, so called the guys from whom they got it and was to have a
>> shot. Seven hours later jerking pins back and forth, there were only about
>> two pins popping and the rest just quite tight.  
>> les Bartlett Piano Service