[pianotech] Pin size in spinet

[Steven Hopp]

Okay, I waited until I felt this thread might be at the end to ask....I obviously had no idea you could change the tuning pins and KEEP the strings.  Is this a difficult job?  How and when might it be a suggestion for a client.  I understand this sentimental situation which I run into frequently.  Can you do this to grand pianos as well?  

 

Wow, there is no end to learning in this field...not that I thought I know very much but....wow!

 

P.S.  I was practicing for technical exam today and changed a few strings on my practice grand...it seems to me that putting on a new string following a new tuning pin wouldn't take much more time than working to get the old string off the old pin and then following the enstaillation of the new pin trying to get the old string back on.  Just my thought.  Still curious about the above.

 

thanks,

 

Steven Hopp

Midland, TX
 


Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 16:24:27 -0700
From: tunerryan at gmail.com
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Pin size in spinet

You could try Paul Larudee's Lo-torq tuning pins sold by Pianotek. I haven't tried but they look like a good idea. 


On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 12:40 PM, Chuck Behm <behmpiano at gmail.com> wrote:

Marcel - Good point. It's been a long, long time since I've repinned a spinet (1980's, perhaps), I hadn't thought about the tightness factor, and I should have. It already has several strings that bend slightly past the #2 tuning pins. I'll see what kind of tightness I get with 3's and the thin CA glue in the hole, as Dean suggested.
At least this one doesn't have the beckets that are bent to lock the coil in place. I hate trying to pry those off - probably would just recommend restringing if it had those. Chuck

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Ryan Sowers, RPT
Puget Sound Chapter
Olympia, WA
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