On Wed, 7 Oct 1998, Joe & Penny Goss wrote: > Richard, > Be sure to check and see if there is a pin block in this piano!!!!!!!! No > kidding if my memory serves me correctly the pins are only about 1 1/4 " > long and are held in a cast iron plate by friction. They are something else > to tune as you need to think of the friction vectors of the tuning pin. There may be a pinblock in this piano, there may not be. That no-pinblock tuning mechanism was a "better idea" which didn't last. More to the point is the fact that by no stretch of the imagination--regardless of what kind of pinblock it might have--was the Wegman anything other than a lower-quality commercial piano. They went through a succession of own- ers and at one time were owned by the HC Bay company which was a player- era company best remembered for building some of the crappiest, el-cheapo commercial pianos ever made. That goes for their player action, too. Not all old pianos are created equal: some are worth rebuilding; some are just worth repairing; some are just worth tuning; and some-- like the Wegman--just aren't worth anything at all. The wise technician knows the difference between them. Direct your attention to an instrument more deserving of your time and talents. Les Smith
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