This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Pinblock fitting revisitedMaybe you are hitting the delete button too = fast? It seems to me the following responses directly address the gap in = the pinblock/flange fit. No? Terry Farrell Is it safe to assume the piano has been strung for a while and has=20 stabilized somewhere near standard pitch? I would recommend tapping some = hardwood shims into the gaps between the plate flange and pinblock and = see=20 if that helps - if suddenly it becomes stable, then I guess the answer = is=20 obvious. At least it won't hurt anything. Terry Farrell =20 I agree, and the one thing you DON"T want to do is sell him an=20 expensive wedge and shim job, saying that will fix it, until=20 you try this. Ron N Ted, from my brief experiences with unstable pianos due to what appears=20 to be a poor-fitting block-to-plate, it's very important. 1/8" is quite=20 a bit of play, IMHO. Hardwood shims..re-tune - evaluate. -Phil Bondi(Fl) Since the customer is confused by previous advice and research, if the flange fit IS a problem but the pins are tight and I think I'd flip it = over and use wood and epoxy to fill the gaps rather than try to sell a bigger job. Don't forget the drop cloth! Alan Barnard Salem, Missouri ----- Original Message -----=20 I guess I didn=B9t explain myself too well in my previous post on = pinblock fitting. The answers I received so far ignored the fact that = the pinblock to plate flange fit had gaps in it and implied that = frequent tunings is the only solution. What I need to know is if there = is a situation where the pinblock to plate fit doesn=B9t matter. This = is contrary to all I=B9ve been told and all I=B9ve read about over the = years. All replies will be appreciated. Ted Simmons What=B9s the latest on whether or not a pinblock should butt against = the plate flange? I have a customer who has a rebuilt piano that = won=B9t hold tune for even a day and when I removed the action and = checked the pinblock-to-plate fit I found gaps throughout, some as much = as 1/8 inch. Two weeks after I tuned it I found it over 20 cents flat = and had to give it a pitch raise. A few weeks later it was overly flat = again and in need of a pitch raise. I explained to the customer about = the pinblock to plate flange fit but he said that he was told by the = rebuilder that such a thing was not important. To top it off he did = some research and got conflicting comments. Some said the piano is OK = as is while others held to the conviction that the gaps in the pinblock = are the problem with his piano. I need some backup in my assessment, = either pro or con. Ted Simmons Viera, Florida ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/0c/f0/15/54/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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