Weak pin block

[Avery Todd]

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Thank you , John! :-)

Avery

>One thing NOT to do is use these metal tuning pin bushings, that are sold 
>by the supply houses. I still have them left from 1975, when I didn't know 
>better, and bought some.
>Regards,
>John M. Ross
>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
><mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca>jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca
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>Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2004 1:16 PM
>Subject: Re: Weak pin block
>
>Greetings,
>
>            Up in piano tuning school, we were advised to lay the piano on 
> it's back via a piano tilter and use CA glue, or the old formula of 
> violin rosin mixed with alcohol as a tightening agent for loose pins.
>
>            Also, if the situation is bad enough, a piece of 150 grit 
> sandpaper could be cut in about a 3/8" wide strip, the length of which 
> would be twice the circumference of the pin, folded in half width wise 
> and wrapped around the pin and put back in the hole. The folding in half 
> width wise, allows you would wrap the grit towards the outside of the pin 
> and there will be grit surface towards the inside of the pin, so that the 
> grip occurs between the pin and the block's hole and the pin and the 
> inside of the sandpaper.
>            I never had to try it yet as I have only been tuning for a 
> little over a year. It worked at school and I would try it if I had the need.
>Hope this helps.
>
>Julia Gottchall,
>Reading, PA

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