Old Timers Please Vote was Loose Tuning Pins Solution

[Farrell]

I have been using Norton General Purpose Aluminum Oxide 80 or 120 grit with excellent results.

Terry Farrell
  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "gordon stelter" <lclgcnp@yahoo.com>
To: "Alan R. Barnard" <mathstar@salemnet.com>; "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 9:15 PM
Subject: Re: Old Timers Please Vote was Loose Tuning Pins Solution


> 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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