[pianotech] Geo Brodbent Tuning Pins

[Joseph Garrett]

David,
I'm sorry, but, I've had good success with CA glue. If properly applied, it
works a large percentage of the time. IF it doesn't then it's new pinblock
time. Simple as that.<G> The rest of what you have said is not completely
registering. As in: HUH???? The diameter of "modern pins" is no greater
than any other pin, oblong/oval or square top! Not sure what you are
referring to/about.???? Please elaborate.
Joe


> [Original Message]
> From: David Doremus <algiers_piano at bellsouth.net>
> To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
> Cc: <tnrwim at aol.com>; <joegarrett at earthlink.net>
> Date: 9/23/2011 7:03:08 AM
> Subject: Re: [pianotech] Geo Brodbent Tuning Pins
>
> CA glue does not help as much as you might think. I have found that 
> plugging the block and restringing with 1/0 pins works very well, just 
> watch your clearance next to plate struts, sometimes modern pins are too 
> close to get a regular tip on and you need a thin wall tip.
>
> --Dave
>     New Orleans
>
> On 9/22/11 11:28 PM, tnrwim at aol.com wrote:
> >
> >
> >     The one "Unique" thing, I noticed,
> >     is the really course/deep threads! Wow! that's really a new one on
me!
> >
> > I've seen this kind of pin on one other piano. I believe it was a 
> > Broadwood straight strung grand from about 1885. There were several 
> > pins that wouldn't hold, so I was going to put in larger pins. But 
> > when I took out this "screws" pin, I showed the customer the problem, 
> > and told that unless she was willing to spend the money for a new pin 
> > block, etc. the piano could not be tuned. That's the last I heard from 
> > her, although I later learned she gave it to a friend, who was 
> > desperately trying to find someone to fix it. I think it more or less 
> > made the rounds in St. Louis.
> >
> > Wim
> >
>
> --