Vertical tuning pins on upright

[Joe And Penny Goss]

Michael,
No! That gets us right back to the same place. The screw stringer is a
device that eliminates the ( tuning pin ) and uses a bolt that attaches to
the string. the threaded end with nut is used to change pitch.
Joe Goss RPT
Mother Goose Tools
imatunr@srvinet.com
www.mothergoosetools.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Gamble" <michael@gambles.fsnet.co.uk>
To: "John Fortiner" <JLFortiner@usadig.com>; <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2005 7:38 AM
Subject: Re: Vertical tuning pins on upright


>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "John Fortiner" <JLFortiner@usadig.com>
> To: <staytuned@idirect.com>; <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2005 4:46 AM
> Subject: RE: Vertical tuning pins on upright
>
>
> >> And yes - as a rule - they stay very well tuned for a long period of
> >> time -
> > at least in my experience.
> Which gets us neatly round to the theories of pianos going out of tune
> because the tuning pins are turning... Yes?
> Michael G.(UK)
> > John Fortiner
> > Billings, MT.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: staytuned@idirect.com [mailto:staytuned@idirect.com]
> > Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2005 6:58 PM
> > To: pianotech@ptg.org
> > Subject: Vertical tuning pins on upright
> >
> > In my early years in this business, I recall facing an upright piano
with
> > vertical tuning pins on a screw-type mechanism. I remember that it took
> > some
> > cranking to change the pitch slightly.
> >
> > As I don't recall the make, does anyone know who the maker could have
> > been?
> >
> > It must have stayed tuned for a long time, for I haven't been called
back
> > since!
> >
> > John Lillico, RPT
> > Oakville  ON
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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