Going up 2 sizes..."just to be on the safe side"...'-[ David Ilvedson, RPT Pacifica, CA 94044 ----- Original message ---------------------------------------- From: "Al Guecia/AlliedPianoCraft" <AlliedPianoCraft at hotmail.com> To: pianotech at ptg.org Received: 11/29/2009 8:31:18 AM Subject: Re: [pianotech] Oversized tuning pins >Scott, >Yes, that's one of the possible causes, but there are others. >Removing the old pins and creating to much heat (burning the hole). New >tuning pins to large. And I'm sure there are hacks out there that can screw >it up in other ways. >Al >-------------------------------------------------- >From: "Scott Helms, RPT" <tuner at helmsmusic.net> >Sent: Sunday, November 29, 2009 11:05 AM >To: <pianotech at ptg.org> >Subject: Re: [pianotech] Oversized tuning pins >> I have been told that the reason restrung pianos have this issue is that >> whoever restrung it didn't ream the holes in the pinblock before driving >> in the new pins. Does anybody know if that's true? Just curious. >> >> Scott >> ------ >> Scott A. Helms, Registered Piano Technician >> 480-818-3871 >> www.helmsmusic.net >> >> >> >> >> >> >>> Actually, I had a situation like this 6 or 7 years ago on a restrung >>> Steinway O that was completely untunable. I did the basically same thing >>> except I lowered tension, popped out the beckets and backed all the pins >>> out with a drill. Then replaced the beckets and drove the pins down to >>> their original height. They all tuned very nicely afterwards and it only >>> took about 4 hours total. Of course there was a follow up tuning later >>> in the week.... >>> >>> --Dave >>> New Orleans >>> >>> >>> >>> David Ilvedson wrote: >>>> 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 >>> >>> >>> >> >> >>
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