samick tuning pins

[Roger Jolly]

Hi Les,
          Other's have given enough good commments on the pin block problem.
By all means change the bass strings, you will find a big improvement in
consistency, power and tonal quality, if you use the services of a good
string maker. I have restrung the bass on quite a number of fairly new
Samick grands with dramatic results.
As a generality, just reshape the bass hammers, and listen to the tonal
difference of the bi cords, (after string mating) this will give you a good
indication of the quality of the exsisting strings.
Hope this helps.
Roger.




At 12:18 PM 05/02/00 -0600, you wrote:
>The church where I do part-time work has an 18 year old Samick vertical
>piano, on which the tuning pins are becoming very loose. It's relatively
>sonsistent throughout the block.  I've never done a "repinning", but did
>replace one of the loose pins with a #4 pin, which has become, over a
>year's time, loose as the others.
>
>I need some help.
>Do I pull the pins and
>	Swab holes with CA glue
>	Swab the holes with epoxy
>	get larger pins (from where. Is it Renner that seems to have pins most
>			consistent in diameter.)
>	If larger pins, how do I prepare the holes?
>	Some say remove the old pins with electric drill. Others say that such
>will ruin the holes.
>
>I told the folks that,. since I'm going to repin the whole thing, it
>would be wise to replace the bass strings, which are not showing signs of
>deterioration. However, my organist can put a great deal of strength into
>playing, and it seemed to me that it would be wise just to go ahead and
>replace the strings, since I'm taking the piano apart anyhow.   
>
>Thanks for any who have time and interest to aid me.
>les bartlett
>houston
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Roger Jolly
Saskatoon, Canada.
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