[pianotech] Pin size in spinet

[paul bruesch]

I'm wondering sort of the same thing.

I have replaced a handful of tuning pins in a few pianos, and I can't
imagine replacing all pins, having to carefully pry off all the coils. I
suppose my main prejudice against the idea is that the strings in the most
recent one (a week ago) were quite rusty and the piano (an S&S 'B') really
just needed to be rebuilt, but on the other hand, it just still seems like
it would be quite a bit easier and not so much additional expense to just
restring it??

On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 6:43 PM, Steven Hopp <hoppsmusic at hotmail.com> wrote:

>  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
>
>
>
>
> --
> Ryan Sowers, RPT
> Puget Sound Chapter
> Olympia, WA
> www.pianova.net
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