At 11:38 -0700 27/7/10, Patrick C. Poulson wrote: >...I am taking in a Wegman upright, circa 1903, to restring. It has >tuning pins that are held directly by a tight fit in the plate, not >a pinblock. It even comes with special instructions from Wegman to >the tuner on how to tune, and also a cursory explanation of how to >replace a string. Has anyone restrung one of these before? Do you >remove the pins completely? Reuse the originals, or replace with new >ones of identical size or larger? Are the holes in the plate like this? If so then grip the pin in a pair of smooth-jawed pliers or grips, raise it and turn it 1/2 turn or so to the left, enough to be able to hook out the becket, and pull out the pin. Unless a lot of the pins are badly worn, you can reuse the old pins after cleaning them up with abrasive paper while spinning them in a drill chuck. You can also use a new pin slightly larger or slightly smaller or the same size, but the thread will serve no purpose and just might be detrimental. JD -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100727/c9008aa2/attachment.htm> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: papps_plate.jpg Type: application/octet-stream Size: 12498 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100727/c9008aa2/attachment.obj>
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