Hi Gerry, I have tried email and phoning him a number of times. Willard is indeed a recluse. The most important reason I want the pins Willard uses is the threads. They simply hold better than the smooth, tapered pins that Instrument Workshop sells. We have a nice harpsichord here at IC that was made by a local amateur builder. The smooth pins do not hold very well on this instrument. I want to replace the whole set. Two 8' choirs and a 4'. There are other methods I might be able to use to make the current set hold but I would rather replace. Thanks, Don Donald McKechnie Piano Technician Ithaca College dmckech at ithaca.edu 607.274.3908 > From: G Cousins <cousins_gerry at msn.com> > Date: October 8, 2009 3:33:30 PM EDT > To: CAUT <caut at ptg.org> > Subject: Re: [CAUT] Wrest pins > Reply-To: caut at ptg.org > > > Martin is a wonderful craftsman and a bit of a recluse. > He rarely responds to email, phone or otehr communications. > I did get to speak to him but only by knocking on his shop door > until he answered it. > I believe he gets his pins from europe though I not certain. > You just have to bee persistent and patient and keep trying until > you get through. > > I do have a few here (spares) but not many. I got them during my > previous visit. > You could also get them from Instrument Workshop and drill the > becket holes....(Just a thought) > > > Gerry C > West Chester University of PA -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20091008/5c8c2951/attachment.htm>
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