>If this is the type pin that is flat on the end and about half the >length of a regular pin. You just take a hacksaw to a regular pin and >grind it flat afterwards on a bench grinder. I seem to remember a 2/0 >worked... > >Warren Sounds :-) like a Wegman tuning pin. Here is a description of the Wurlitzer tuning pin from a post on Pianotech by Bill Bailer dated 8/2/96: >...I have seen a Wurlitzer upright with pins set directly into the plate. >The area behind the pins was open, and the ends of the pins visible. They >had slots cut in them across the diameter to a depth that was into the >hole, but not visible from the front. Each slot had a metal wedge driven >into it, spreading the pin tightly in the hole. To tighten a pin, one >could either drive the whole pin forward ("outward"), or drive just the >wedge (just a very little bit in either case)... And here is a explanation and possible repair for that broken tuning pin from a post on Pianotech by Fred Scoles, RPT dated 8/2/96: >...The problem I've had with one Wurlitzer upright player Uniplate >is that some pins tend to seize into place, and shear off unless one >first removes the back protective cover and either loosens the pin wedge, >taps the pin end, or applies a drop of penetrating oil like Kroil to >first loosen the pin. Replacing sheared pins involves modifying a >standard pin... Keith A. McGavern kam544@ionet.net Registered Piano Technician Oklahoma Chapter 731 Piano Technicians Guild Oklahoma Baptist University Shawnee, Oklahoma, USA
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