Rebuilding an upright

[Ed Sutton]

The May and June Journals will have  articles on routing out an upright pinblock.

Also, be aware that rebuilding the upright action can take more time and space than rebuilding a grand action. If they want it right, you'll need to replace all the springs and buckskins on those old parts, or replace the parts if you can.

The varnish job on the soundboard will not be so critical... ;-)

Ed Sutton
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: erwinspiano at aol.com 
  To: pianotech at ptg.org 
  Sent: Monday, April 21, 2008 5:43 PM
  Subject: Re: Rebuilding an upright


  Mike 
   I'll second that.  It's so much easier to do what you've suggested & there is no question about original plate locations.  I find uprights quite a bit more difficult in general to rebelly. Certainly no discounts apply.
    Dale





  Al, 
  Another pinblock option which the others have not mentioned yet: If the original block is still well attached to the back structure, rout out a cavity in the original block for each section of tuning pins, and inset a piece of new pinblock. Epoxy, screws, dowels, whatever makes you feel comfortable. This lets you preserve the plate/pinblock relationship, making soundboard/bridge alignment a lot less complicated, as described by Del. 
  Mike 
   
  AlliedPianoCraft wrote: 
  > I just got a call to rebuild a Stieff upright which the customer > believes was made in the 1920"s. He wants a new soundboard, pinblock etc. 
  > > While I have installed many soundboards (I don't make my own) and > pinblocks in grands, I have never replaced any in uprights. 
  > > I have two questions: 1, Is it more or less difficult to replace a > soundboard and pinblock on an upright? 2, Comparative price. How > should I estimate the job as compared to a grand. 
  > > Thanks for any input. 
  > > Al Guecia 


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