Baldwin Tuning Pin problem?

[Jerry Hunt]

Ron,
Loose hammers? You must be psychic!<G> Thanks for the advice.
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Ron Nossaman wrote:
> 
> Hi Jerry,
> 
> Welcome, newbie. I see you're getting some on you. I think you just found
> the amazing "stagger the string between tuning pins so close together that
> the string won't move" syndrome. Check and see if the string has a straight
> path from the tuning pin to the v-bar. If it is deflected by other pins or
> wire coils en route, that's the problem. Too much friction for the string to
> render past all these bends. These suckers are VERY difficult to stabilize!
> You have to go back and touch them up a half dozen times during the tuning
> (they creep because you can't tell when you've left them solid). Get used to
> it. You'll see it again in other Hamiltons. If that isn't the case, then
> disregard the above blatherings. Also, did you fix the loose hammers while
> you were there?
> 
> Ron Nossaman
> 
> At 09:17 AM 10/6/97 +0100, you wrote:
> >I hope you'll excuse me if this question seems trivial, (yeah, yeah,
> >another newbie - I'm a fairly new tuner). I tuned my first Baldwin a
> >couple of days ago, a 2 year old Hamilton. Most of the tuning pins were
> >so tight one could almost justify using an impact wrench. However, I did
> >run across a couple of pins that were extremely loose, and the one that
> >troubles me the most is the center pin for the A37. It pulled up okay
> >(tight but otherwise felt fine). However, when I pushed the hammer back
> >the other way to drop the pitch down, I nearly fell off the bench
> >because there was no resistance. BUT the pitch didn't change any. My
> >first moment of horror was that the tuning pin was broken, but it seemed
> >to be okay.
> >At any rate, since I was essentially doing a pitch raise anyway, I left
> >this note as was (a couple of cents sharp) and tuned the rest of the
> >piano to it.
> >I would appreciate any suggestions as to possible cause and solution to
> >the problem. In retrospect, I'm wondering if the problem might relate to
> >too much bearing on the pressure bar - I did have problems with several
> >notes (mostly in upper treble) in settling the note on the desired pitch
> >- i.e. I could pull the note up, but couldn't seem to get it to drop
> >down to pitch, then all of a sudden the note would be below pitch again.
> >
> >Any and all suggestions will be most welcomed.
> >Thanks.
> >
> >
>  Ron Nossaman