Sorting New Tuning Pins

[Ken Jankura]

I've sorted maybe half a dozen sets and I always seem to end up with equal
piles of small, medium, and large, which coincides nicely to treble, tenor,
and bass,
respectively.
Respectfully,
Ken Jankura
Fayetteville PA


----- Original Message -----
From: "Farrell" <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2002 1:46 PM
Subject: Re: Sorting New Tuning Pins


> Hello Gordon. Newton states it correctly! I mike the whole pile of new
pins and separate them into perhaps four to eight different sizes (a great
job for a youngster, etc.!). Some are hard to classify because they are
different sizes at the top of the threads that at the bottom, and some are
ovalish, and some, like Newton points out can be bent!
>
> I know what to do with the different size pins, but what rules, if any, do
folks use to deal with oval pins, and uneven diameter pins, and bent pins?
Toss them? I haven't found any definitive difference with them in the few
pianos I have strung. Perhaps a softer pinblock is more forgiving for these
defects than a harder pinblock like a Delignite? Any thoughts?
>
> Terry Farrell
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Newton Hunt" <nhunt@optonline.net>
> To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2002 11:35 AM
> Subject: Re: Sorting New Tuning Pins
>
>
> > Roll 'em to find the bent ones and mike them to sort them.  DO it, you
> > will see.
> >
> > Newton
> >
> > Gordon Holley wrote:
> > >
> > > Jerry Gravina and list.  Jerry, you say "sort new pins using a
> > > micrometer and put the fat ones in the bass".  Are you saying that in
> > > a box of new pins, say 4/0, that there are pins that are slightly
> > > larger even though they are all supposed to be the same size.  I have
> > > a box, unopened, of new 4/0 pins to be installed, first time for me,
> > > and I hadn't read or heard that there may be "fat one".  Thanks for
> > > the alert.  Regards, Gordon Holley, Goshen, Indiana
> >
>
>