Hello Conrad & List You said: The only Brinsmead grand I ever had to deal with had screw-stringers... ;-} Been there as well - it was in Sussex University - had to take a tubular spanner and ordinary ring spanner to tune it. There was a block attached inside where you normally find the top turn-buckle and this was where Brinsmeads used to put the special tuning tools. Never saw any though... The fun came when a string broke! Guaging how much excess to allow for in that screw-stringer-thingy was quite an achievement! ;-) Regards Michael G.(UK) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Conrad Hoffsommer" <hoffsoco@luther.edu> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 11:27 AM Subject: Re: a success! > Michael G, > > At 04:43 3/8/2005, you wrote: >>Hello Mark and List >>Yet another type of wrest pin is "bifurcated" and has a wedged insert. >>When you tap it on the top (with your punch and multi-tool hammer - for >>Joe's benefit :-] ) the wedge is forced up in the end of the pin thust >>expanding it. The down side is you cannot get these out of the block. >>Found in some Brinsmead grands. >>Regards >>Michael G.(UK) > > > The only Brinsmead grand I ever had to deal with had screw-stringers... > ;-} > Yup, it was OLD. > > > On this side of the pond, '20s/'30s WurliTzer had bifurcated tuning pins > but the wedge was/is very accessible from below the pinblock. They also > have locking nuts to keep the wedges tight and in place. The rest of the > piano may be toast, but, by golly, them pins are tight! > > > > > > > Conrad Hoffsommer, RPT, MPT, CCT, PFP, ACS, CRS. > Decorah, IA > > - Certified Calibration Technician for Bio-powered Digitally Activated > Lever Action Tone Generation Systems. > - Pianotech Flamesuit Purveyor > - American Curmudgeon Society - Apprentice Member and Founder > > > >
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