Danair Pneumatic palmnailer for driving tuning pins

[Tom Servinsky]

David,
I'll echo Jeannie's comments. The beauty of these devices is that you can 
adjust your compressor settings to correspond with the amt. of movement you 
want with each burst of power. I think I usually use around 60psi for most 
string jobs and find it easy to predict how far the pins needs to go in. I 
usually ballpark it for the actually string/ pin install, and then go back 
and "touch up" the pin heights with  a slightly lower psi setting, allowing 
a pin in increments of 1mm.Very slick process.
 The only drawback is the noise factor. Hearing protection is essential as 
the decimal level is high.
Tom Servinsky
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeannie Grassi" <jcgrassi@earthlink.net>
To: "'Pianotech'" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 11:53 PM
Subject: RE: Danair Pneumatic palmnailer for driving tuning pins


> Hi David,
> I went through the same process a while ago.  I ended up getting a Senco
> palm nailer for a very affordable price.  I've used it with no other head
> than the 1/4 in. one that came with it and it worked fine.  I wasn't sure 
> it
> would work because of other people's concerns, but I didn't run into any
> problems.....just getting used to it's power and being careful not to 
> drive
> the pins all the way through the block!!  Maybe I was just lucky.
> jeannie
>
> Jeannie Grassi, RPT
> Assistant Editor, Piano Technicians Journal
> mailto:jcgrassi@earthlink.net
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On 
> Behalf
> Of David Love
> Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 8:45 PM
> To: 'Pianotech'
> Subject: Danair Pneumatic palmnailer for driving tuning pins
>
> I was looking through the archives interested in perhaps buying one of 
> these
> for stringing and was wondering if there are other models than the Danair
> model that people like, what size head diameter works best and whether or
> not you need to do anything to protect the top of the pin?
>
> Thanks
>
> David Love
> davidlovepianos@comcast.net
>
>
>
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