Ditch the tuning pin bushings

[Joseph Garrett]

Richard,
That is somewhat how I did it, but the epoxy is not needed, IMHO.
Joe Garrett
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Brekne" <rbrekne@broadpark.no>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2001 6:05 AM
Subject: Re: Ditch the tuning pin bushings


>
>
> Ron Nossaman wrote:
>
>
> > If we could buy bushings dense, resilient, and
> > tough enough to serve as pinblock extensions to the top of the plate,
we'd
> > have the functional equivalent of the open faced block the manufacturer
> > probably should have built in the first place. Even supplying no
additional
> > torque resistance, I think the support is beneficial.
> >
> > Ron N
>
> There is a fellow over here who cuts his own bushings out of delinquint
> pinblocks... grin.
>
> Seriously tho.. he takes pinblock rests, makes 14 mm plugs, bores the
plate
> holes out to match, then after the plate / pinblock is installed he smears
in a
> little epoxy into the plate holes and taps his plugs in. Then he sands /
files
> them flush with the plate and bores them as if they were a part of the
> pinblock.
>
> I havent tuned one of these beasts yet, but he swears by it.
>
> --
> Richard Brekne
> RPT, N.P.T.F.
> Bergen, Norway
> mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no
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>