Like everyone else has suggested, doing it the way you plan is a mistake. You don't know whether the block might fail altogether, not to mention broken beckets, strings, etc., etc.. Don't make the customer's problem yours. What kind of piano is it? Either treat the block with CA glue and see how that goes or redo the thing correctly. Don't be pressured into taking shortcuts for the sake of the customer's previous bad experience and create one for yourself. We've all done it and wished we hadn't. Here's your opportunity to learn from other's mistakes. I recommend you take advantage of it. David Love davidlovepianos at comcast.net www.davidlovepianos.com -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of daniel carlton Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 11:28 AM To: pianotech mailing list Subject: more trouble than it's worth (was tune, chip with oversized pins?) hi guys thanks for the input. I don't get the question exactly. Are you replacing tuning pins without restringing? The whole set? yes, the whole set, without restringing. ...damper adjustments. etc. Speaking of which, you should remove the dampers when repinning, especially in the bass. i didn't want to get into dampers. i still at the point where i don't like them. uh but i guess if i'm to do the job i have no choice. at this point, the owner might as well replace the block. i guess she had it "rebuilt" 20-30 years ago. she called it rebuilt, but it might have just been a refurbish without a new block because the pins are so loose. these are the jobs that are frustrating to me, because it's always "well if you're going to do this, you might as well do that, and if you're going to do that, then you might as well do this." i think it's the stress of not knowing how much to estimate. anyway... daniel -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20080324/01dce25d/attachment.html
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