Broadwoodgrand°1894

Richard Brekne Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no
Sat, 04 Jan 2003 11:39:20 +0100


Id like a picture of the tuning pins myself... Oblong ? Not quite sure
what you mean. Nice to hear from you again Danny !

Happy New Year

RicB

Danny Boddin wrote:
> 
> This Broadwood has oblong threaded tuningpins which go into the plate before
> they catch the pinblock.
> We intend to replace them with the same size normal tuningpins which first
> will get a thread of the same dimension.
> Nicer looking and easier tuning.
> Do you think this will work? I mean, will this piano hold his tuning
> afterwards? The pinblock itself is in good condition and we prefer not to
> replace it: the plate seems to be glued on it, probably difficult to remove
> or not? Meaby we can put some epoxy
> in the pinblockholes for better fix of the new pins?
> 
> This 2 meter grand will get a new ciresa soundboard. Any idea what kind of
> strings and best sounding scale we can use for restringing? I'm scared to
> use the 'pure sound' since even with the right calculated scaling up to the
> specifications from Juan Mas Cabré in some grands we restrung some strings
> broke after a while and even one year later.
> Thanks,
> Danny Boddin
> Ternat, Belgium
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