Course there is pinblock dope and there is pinblock dope. Actually the old Pin tite and similiar products are quite different approaches from CA and Epoxy methods and I am not sure the "dope" is the right word for these latter. I never had any good results from the old style of dope either and what you describe is what I always ended up with.. stopped useing that kinda thing long time back now. I have heard some say that applying CA to pinblocks that have been treated thus can greatly improve the situation, but CA is something I have very little experience with so I will leave that to others to confirm or deny Farrell wrote: > Well, last night I tuned my first (for sure) pin block doped piano. 1926 > Cable upright - much better than average condition - grandmother bought it > new. Bass restrung about 15 years ago. The tuning pin collars were black, > and some dark tarry-looking goop was on plate in tuning pin area (likely > doped at time of bass restring). And EVERY pin was REAL MUSHY! A bit hard to > tune - seemed like you needed a new hammer technique. It felt like someone > put a thin collar of neoprene around each tuning pin. Torque was typically > pretty low, likely ranged from 20 to 50 inch-pounds (estimate). It just felt > like notes were going to start creeping flat as I was driving home from the > job. Is this a problem with doped pinblocks - creeping flat in short periods > of time? > > Terry Farrell > Piano Tuning & Service > Tampa, Florida > mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. Bergen, Norway
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