an actual piano question

[John Delacour]

At 20:06 13.10.95, PNOTNR@aol.com wrote:

 |: testing, it seems like we're turning into the highway department: lots
 of
 |: talk, but few are doing anything.

...those who can do; those who can't preach

 |: years.  If I go to 4/0 pins, I should ream out the holes first to make
 them
 |: all uniform, but why would I use a reamer and not a drill bit for 4/0
 pins.
 |: In the supply catalog (APSCO) they list a reamer for 4/0 at .285" but a
 |: drill bit for 4/0 is .281".  (As you can tell, I've never used a tuning
 pin
 |: reamer) Why are they different sizes? Also, how do you use the reamer?
 On
 |: a new block one is careful to control the speed of the bit, the time
 the
 |: bit is in the block, the temperature of the bit, etc.  Is this the case
 |: with a reamer as well?  Or can I just hog away?

  I got some of those reamers from Schaff years ago and they're all
  oversize owing to the rust that's grown on them.  All they are is a
  modern version of the old spoon bit or quill bit.  They're good for
  eating hummimgbird eggs with.

  If I were you, unless the 3/0s are impossibly tight already, I'd just
  bang in the new pins and if they're too tight screw them out and bang
  them in again until they're not. If the 3/0s are chattering, clean up the
  hole first with some P.120 frecut paper and put powdered resin (or fiddle
  rosin) on the new pins.

        John (A Marxist who wouldn't join any club
              that would have him as a member)


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