plate plugging

[Roger Jolly]

Hi David,
          I think you will find that the high tension of the low bass
notes, has more to do with the problem.  Having said that, there is not a
lot of wood surrounding that pin. Get a good plug cutter, and plug with
some spare pin block material.  I think Pianotech sells pin block plugs???
but I am not sure.

regards Roger


At 06:17 PM 4/8/02 -0400, you wrote:
>List,
>
>When tuning yet another Steinway grand with a loose A-0 tuning pin, I was 
>daydreaming about ways this problem could be corrected during rebuilding.  
>It seems to me that the reason behind the problem is that the tuning pin is 
>way too close to the flange edge of the block.  I thought that reconfiguring 
>the pattern of the lowest four tuning pins to be staggered instead of in a 
>straight line would fix things just fine.  Well, drilling new holes in the 
>plate before regilding would not be that big a problem, BUT...   How, or 
>with what do I plug the original holes?  I would prefer the original holes 
>to really  "disappear" for cosmetic reasons.
>
>Has anyone done/thought about doing this?   And, does anyone else think this 
>would be a good thing to do?
>
>Dave Foster
>
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Roger Jolly
Balwin Yamaha Piano Centres.
Saskatoon/Regina.
Canada.