[pianotech] S&S K(52) Restoration

[Delwin D Fandrich]

Ron is quite right; it's a huge amount of work for an "improvement" that
will be inaudible. We do it with new design because we can do it easily--the
NC machine doesn't care where it drills or what size hole it's drilling--and
agrafes makes a great selling feature. But at a practical level no
one--musician, tuner or string winder--is going to notice any difference. 

ddf

Delwin D Fandrich
Piano Design & Fabrication
6939 Foothill Court SW, Olympia, Washington 98512 USA
Phone  360.515.0119 — Cell  360.388.6525
del at fandrichpiano.com — ddfandrich at gmail.com


-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Ron Nossaman
Sent: Friday, June 08, 2012 9:38 AM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [pianotech] S&S K(52) Restoration

On 6/8/2012 11:11 AM, Gene Nelson wrote:

> It seems to me that between agraffes and a notched bridge, me and the 
> string maker would be happier.

Hi Gene,
I don't know if you'd be happier or not after taking all the time necessary
for no more detectable difference than you'd make doing it. 
Yes, those pins are in there GOOD, and there are a gazillion verticals out
there pinned and non-notched just like that which aren't significantly worse
to tune, if at all, than something accurately notched and agraffed. Scratch
designed, maybe, but I think that's a pretty low return for the effort in a
retrofit.
Ron N