Well, that has never worked for me...but then I didn't do it for 7 hours! Jeez... David Ilvedson, RPT Pacifica, CA 94044 ----- Original message ---------------------------------------- From: "Leslie Bartlett" <l-bartlett at sbcglobal.net> To: pianotech at ptg.org Received: 11/27/2009 7:21:45 PM Subject: Re: [pianotech] Oversized tuning pins >I have a church client which (who?) purchased a 9-foot Shigeru, and two >Estonias. One of the Estonias was so bad that every pin popped, and I >finally told them it was un-tunable. Short story.... I told them I thought >I could fix it, so called the guys from whom they got it and was to have a >shot. Seven hours later jerking pins back and forth, there were only about >two pins popping and the rest just quite tight. >les Bartlett Piano Service >-----Original Message----- >From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf >Of David Love >Sent: Friday, November 27, 2009 8:55 PM >To: pianotech at ptg.org >Subject: Re: [pianotech] Oversized tuning pins >Those are the kinds of jobs I am moved to return to the person who did the >ace restringing job. Unfortunately, once a nightmare, always a nightmare. >It won't likely loosen up and won't get much better, at least not in your >lifetime. If it were me, I wouldn't be encouraging them to tune it that >often. At least not if they are going to call me. Maybe a zapper, but >you'll have to explain the smoke. >David Love >www.davidlovepianos.com >-----Original Message----- >From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf >Of Rob McCall >Sent: Friday, November 27, 2009 6:10 PM >To: pianotech at ptg.org >Subject: [pianotech] Oversized tuning pins >Greetings all, >I tuned a 1957 Hensel 5' Grand that had been restrung by someone else this >past June. My tuning was the first one since the restringing. No other work >was performed besides new strings and tuning pins. >The pin block is still the old one but on the invoice the customer showed >me, they had put in new oversized pins, although the size they used was not >listed. >Tuning was, at least for me, a nightmare...! I was gently pulling on the >first tuning pin to get a feel for it, but it wouldn't budge. I gave it a >short impact type pull and it jumped about 30 cents and made a high pitched >ratcheting type noise that resonated through the piano. Luckily, it was >about 40 cents flat to begin with! It felt like it jumped in increments >throughout a very short movement. >Every single tuning pin was extremely tight and would not move in small >increments no matter how hard I tried. I finally figured out just the right >amount of impact to get it to move close to where I wanted it, as they all >needed about the same amount of movements, but small movements were >impossible. This ratcheting type feeling and loud sound was the same in >both CW and CCW movement on every single pin, every single time it was >moved. >At least it had 3 tight coils and the beckets were all lined up... :-) >Needless to say, it wasn't my best tuning, but I explained (and >demonstrated) to the client what was going on, and in the end, he seemed >genuinely pleased with the end result. >My question... Is there something that can be done to make the tuning pins >move easier and smoother? Or does this just need lots of movement and time? >Anything else I can do? >They agreed with my advice for tuning frequency following a restringing and >want me to come back in 2 months and tune it again. I'm hoping to have a >solution or answer before I have to tame the beast once again. >Thanks in advance... >Rob McCall >McCall Piano Service, LLC >Murrieta, CA >rob at mccallpiano.com >www.mccallpiano.com >951-698-1875
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