To Ream or Not to Ream?

[John Ross]

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I got my fluted reamers from Pianotek. They have six sizes from .266" to.295", they are 6" long and the flute is 1 1/2".
I do find them better, but you have to take it slow.
John M. Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Pierre Gevaert 
  To: Pianotech 
  Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 2:02 PM
  Subject: Re: To Ream or Not to Ream?


  Hi,

  And what about those fluted reamers mentionned in the Reblitz? I've tried to find these for a long time now but without succes. As I never heared anyone else speaking about these I suppose it's not that good to use?


  Pierre Gevaert

  Belgium
    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: John Ross 
    To: pianotech 
    Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 9:24 PM
    Subject: To Ream or Not to Ream?


    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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