My guess is that this one had been restrung about 200 years ago. It had 4/0 pins (mostly, and a few bigger ones). I have my doubts these were the original pins. I'm starting from scratch and want to make the most reasonable decisions I can. Anyone have good knowledge of this situation? Hey Joe Garrett!!!!! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Conrad Hoffsommer" <hoffsoco@martin.luther.edu> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2001 12:30 PM Subject: Re: No Bushings/Tuning Pin Size > At 10:32 06/02/2001 -0400, you wrote: > >Hi gang. I am epoxy-ing in 1/2" pinblock plugs in a square grand... > > > - they and other non-bushed > >plates typically use 2/0, don't they? > > > >Terry Farrell > > > What size(s) did you take oudt? > > Last square I did had 1/0 in the top two octaves, 2/0 in most of the rest > and ==> 4/0 <== for the bottom 8. (also had different lengths for each). > > > > Conrad Hoffsommer - Music Technician -mailto:hoffsoco@luther.edu > Luther College, 700 College Drive, Decorah, Iowa 52101-1045 > Voice-(563)-387-1204 // Fax (563)-387-1076(Dept.office) > > === Note new area code === effective 25 March 2001 === >
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