I would appreciate any advice anyone might be able to offer me regarding replacing the tuning pins in a 1961 Baldwin L with, I believe, a replacement pinblock that was subsequently treated with CA glue. Will the old CA glue cause any problems when pounding in new pins. I think one size larger would yield adequate torque. The piano is in a school, and was ³rebuilt² at some point in the past. It has ³new-ish² hammers, shanks, flanges, a shimmed and refinished soundboard, possibly recapped bridge, new-ish bass strings (still shiny). Fundamentally a nice piano. It appears a new block was installed, and the piano definitely has been restrung. Unfortunately, the tuning pins were left waaaaay too far out of the block, and most are flagpoling. Some sections were pounded down (later, I assume, by someone else?), but must be this failed to provide adequate torque, so CA glue was used on some pins (visual evidence, feel). Excessive dryness from HVAC has been a chronic problem in this facility since it opened in 1961. I have a new Life Saver System I will be installing. Why re-pin? Because I¹m not a fan of pinblock restorer or CA glue. So to get the torque up I am thinking of trying a full re-pinning. There¹s no money for another rebuild or move to shop, so I am trying to make this piano serviceable where it is in the band and small group rehearsal room (currently in use there). With tuning stability, it¹s parts indicate it could be well-regulated and voiced, becoming a very clean, respectable rehearsal room piano (6¹1²). Thanks for the help. Paul -- Paul Milesi Registered Piano Technician (RPT) Piano Technicians Guild (202) 667-3136 (202) 246-3136 Cell E-mail: paul at pmpiano.com Website: http://www.pmpiano.com Address: 3000 7th Street NE, Apt. 204 Washington, DC 20017-1402 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20090922/c3114e9a/attachment.htm>
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