Hi Avery, A solid Baldwin block will not need replacing. Repinning the loose ones but not more than that. You are right, you do not jerk a torque wrench either tightening bolts or checking torque. Smooth application of force does it. Newton Avery Todd wrote: > > Newton, > > Thanks for your, as always, direct and to the point answer. :-) > The reason I asked is that some tuner down in Beaumont did some > torque readings on a 15 yr. old (app.) Baldwin SF that the dealer has > in the customers home on approval. He got her all upset by telling her > there was a 'chance' she'd have to replace the pinblock within 10 yrs. > or so. I checked some of the notes he had written down and told her > were too loose and they felt OK to me. Not typical Baldwin TIGHT, but > well within bounds. One of the readings he told her was too loose was > about '50'. She also said he was "jerking" the torque wrench around, > so I doubt that he really knows how to use it. > Since I've never used one, I just wanted some information from the > experts to help soothe her fears. It's acutally a pretty nice piano. > Very lightly used. Just needs some TLC (regulation, voicing, tuning > etc.), which I'll be giving it next week. Thanks. > > Avery > > >If the pin is so tight you have trouble tuning it, it is too tight. > >If the pin is so loose that it will not stay in tune, it is too loose. > >If it stays in tune it is tight enough. > > > >20 to 100 inch pounds is a tolerable range. > > > > Newton
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