Jumping Pins

Guy, Karen, and Tor Nichols nicho@lascruces.com
Tue, 08 Apr 1997 12:29:56 -0500


At 02:12 PM 4/8/97 -0400, you wrote:
>The piano is a Kohler & Campbell spinet.  25 years old.
>
Dick,
	Condolences to your customer.?:')>

>However it is untunable because every tuning pin above the bass section is
>jumpy.
>
>The size of the pins is #2.  I tried chalk.
>I think replacing the pinblock is not an option due to cost.  But seems a
>shame to junk the instrument when the rest is in such good shape.
SO RIGHT!
	You might go ahead and try PBR(like Garfield), thinned down, just to even
things out, cheaply.
	Have Fun!
Guy
>What does the list suggest?  I told my customer I was going to the internet
>to do some research, so we are both anxiously awaiting the wisdom of the
>august body.  Many thanks from "where the heck is spring gone to Michigan."
>
>Dick Day
>Marshall MI
>
>
>
Guy Nichols, RPT
nicho@lascruces.com
	"Opera is where a guy gets stabbed in the back, and instead of dying, he
sings."




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