Old Timers Please Vote was Loose Tuning Pins Solution

[David Ilvedson]

We have gone over this numerous times...check the archives!

David I.

PS...CA is the way to go with a loose pin, imho



----- Original message ---------------------------------------->
From: "Alan R. Barnard" <mathstar@salemnet.com>
To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org>
Received: Wed, 2 Oct 2002 20:01:06 -0500
Subject: Old Timers Please Vote was Loose Tuning Pins Solution

>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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