PIANO WITH NO PINBLOCK!!!???

[Joe And Penny Goss]

Hi,
The plate usually is proudly marked with its name, Uniplate
or something like that.
The ones that I service are very hard to tune but stay where you put them if
you ever do arrive where the pin is seated.
When real close flexing the pin is sometimes helpful, but do check to see
that it stays where you want it by bumping both higher and lower.
Joe Goss
imatunr@srvinet.com
www.mothergoosetools.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Gunderson" <jgunderson@monmouth.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2003 8:52 PM
Subject: PIANO WITH NO PINBLOCK!!!???


> That's right, I have a customer with a 1930 Wurlitzer baby grand serial #
> 104791.  She told me tuners have complained how hard it is to tune and
that
> one of the tuners told her it has no pin block.  When I checked, to my
> surprise, there was no pin block.  The plate was drilled to fit the tuning
> pins snuggly and the pins where driven directly into the plate.  On the
top
> side, the pins look just like any other grand piano but underneath they
> extend out of the plate about 3/8ths of an inch, they are split and little
> steel wedges are driving into each pin to spread the pin tight inside the
> hole.  I have pictures in jpeg format if anyone is interested in seeing
> this system,  just e-mail me and I'll be happy to send them out to
> you.  The fact is that the piano holds tune exceptionally well (73 years
> and still holding strong).  I would say the piano is not so much difficult
> to tune,  it's just a different feel, quite unlike a wooden block.
>
> I'd be interested if anyone has any information about this tuning pin
system.
>
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