Old Timers Please Vote was Loose Tuning Pins Solution

[gordon stelter]

Ah yes! But what KIND of sandpaper? Garnet? Aluminum
oxide? Silicone carbide ( the hardest)??? Open or
closed coat? 
     Thump

--- "Alan R. Barnard" <mathstar@salemnet.com> wrote:
> I have had excellent results with the old #80 or #60
> sandpaper shims. And
> haven't noticed any jumping  or other naughty
> behavior on the part of the
> shimmed pins.
> 
> What advantages do you see in using the leather?
> 
> How about leather vs. sandpaper vs. veneer strips?
> 
> And just to really stir the sewage, I just did
> extensive work on a 1910
> Chickering upright. The pinblock had obviously been
> doped--a real mess of
> classic stains--and it had to have been done more
> than 15 years ago. It has,
> mostly, very old rusty strings and rusty 2/0 pins
> but ...
> 
> The reason I went ahead with other repairs (dampers,
> trapwork, etc.) after
> laying all this out for the customer,  is that this
> piano has a goo solid
> feel to all pins, there was no major jumping,
> squeaking, slipping, or
> anything. It tuned up very nicely (or as nicely as
> old rusty strings that
> were from 30-200+ cents flat--in a steamy
> September--and not tuned in many
> years).
> 
> I told them (not-for-profit nursing home) it will
> want retuning in three
> months ... so I'll know much more, then. But ...
> 
> Questions: When do y'all consider doping a
> legitimate option and how often
> can this sort of success occur? What are more
> typical experiences, long
> term? What factors might make a difference in the
> success rate? Any
> preference for the CA drips  (the techniques, not
> the techs) that were
> discussed here a few weeks ago?
> 
> Finally "How is GEICO able to make such silly radio
> commercials?"
> "Don't know."
> " All right, then."
> 
> Alan Barnard
> Shimmin' in Salem, MO
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Richard Brekne" <Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no>
> To: <cedel@supernet.com>; "Pianotech"
> <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 5:11 PM
> Subject: Re: Loose Tuning Pins Solution
> 
> 
> > Clyde Hollinger wrote:
> >
> > > Ric,
> > >
> > > I'm a little confused.  How can you know this
> will last a long time if
> > > you tried it for the first time today?
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Clyde Hollinger, RPT
> > >
> >
> > Well you see Clyde... this was something somebody
> else turned me on to. HE
> > says is lasts a long time. I have no reason to
> doubt him. I suppose I
> > should have been a bit more precise :)
> >
> > I CAN directly testify tho to the fact that the
> pins I tried this on did
> > indeed get very much tightened, and they DID
> develope a bit of jumpyness.
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > RicB
> >
> >
> > --
> > Richard Brekne
> > RPT, N.P.T.F.
> > UiB, Bergen, Norway
> > mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no
> > http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html
> >
> >
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