[CAUT] Wurlitzer Iron Pinblock - Anyone ever restring one of these things?

[Ron Nossaman]

> Hi Ron,
>     Thanks for the reference. That is, indeed, yet another animal. Looks 
> like it might be the source of that old wives' tale (concerning hammer 
> technique for tuning) about lifting the pin in its elongated slot, and 
> then setting it. I wonder how many schemes there were to avoid the 
> wooden pinblock. The Mason screw-stringer is one, and Broadwood had one 
> that I have seen described but without diagram.
> Regards,
> Fred Sturm


Hi Fred,
Instead of just wondering, do a Google patent search on tuning 
pins and find out. There are a WHOLE BUNCH.
Ron N