To Ream or Not to Ream?

John Ross jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca
Tue, 23 Aug 2005 16:24:15 -0300


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I normally used to ream, before repining.
However on this latest piano, the pins were tight on removal. Sorry, I forgot to take a torque measurement.
I normally just go up one size, unless they are really loose.
I am tempted to just go up the one size, and not ream. I do use pin driving fluid.

I would like to be reminded of the pros, and cons of each procedure.

It is a good quality upright, a Heintzman, with what they call an Agraffe Bridge, patented in 1895. It is the one with the three holes drilled through the plate, aligning the strings.

It had no 1/2 sizes of strings. I am adding a few that seem to improve the inharmonicity, according to PSCALE.

John M. Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca

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