Vertical tuning pins on upright

[John Ross]

Wouldn't that indicate that it was the pin turning?
With the screw stringer, staying in tune for a apparently much longer time, 
it would indicate that it was the turning of the pin that was having a 
greater effect?
John M. Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joe And Penny Goss" <imatunr@srvinet.com>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2005 11:05 AM
Subject: Re: Vertical tuning pins on upright


> 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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