Loose pins

[C. Mike Swendsen]

Re: Samick with a few loose tuning pins.
I'm not sure if this is the problem, but a number of years ago I saw a
few Samicks come in with tuning pins around the plate screws that were
loose.  It was determined that some worker in the factory was trying to
make his work easier by lubicating the plate screws with a silicon
lubricant.
  This lubricant keeps spreading, and eventually effects a  number of
pins closest to the plate screws.  The only solvent that will cut
silicon is naptha.  Just putting in larger pins doesn't fix this
problem.  
I have tried swabbing the holes with naptha and using the next larger
pin with some success, but I'm affraid that the sollution might be
temporary.
C. Mike Swendsen




Leslie W Bartlett wrote:
> 
> Dear List:
>         Opinions please.   The piano is a Samick, about ten years old,
> with half a dozen pins in the bass which are loose, three or four or
> which hardly will hold a tune.
>         Would you
>                 1) replace the pins with larger ones,
>                         or
>                 2) epoxy the holes and drive the original pins,
>                         or
>                 3) other ?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> les b
> 
> Leslie Bartlett
> 
> lesbart@juno.com