Putting in larger pins will give you a temporary fix, but be careful not to break the string when taking the becket out of the pins.? In most situations like this, however, it might be better to tell the customer the piano is no longer serviceable. Tell her you're sorry, but there are something that just can't be fixed, at least not without creating more problems, and costing her more money. Wim -----Original Message----- From: Matthew Todd <toddpianoworks at att.net> To: pianotech at ptg.org Sent: Mon, 6 Apr 2009 1:23 pm Subject: [pianotech] Old upright I tuned an old upright today.? About half a dozen or so of the pins were untunable.? When I released my hand from the hammer, the pin jumped back down and the tone went considerably flat. ? What would be a temporary fix here?? Would changing those pins with a size or two higher be a temporary remedy?? The coils are already touching the bushing, so I guess tapping the pins would not be a good idea. ? Any thoughts please? TODD PIANO WORKS Matthew Todd, Piano Technician (979) 248-9578 http://www.toddpianoworks.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20090406/6b767055/attachment.html>
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