[pianotech] Tuning pins

[Joseph Giandalone]

I've encountered this problem on the Georgia P22: On 2 successive tunings, broke one each of those strings (the top 2 single strings in the scale). Due to the design of the plate, those two strings will be at an extreme angle if the coils are set to a normal height above the plate webbing, causing a lot of stress to the string when you're raising pitch. AND, a tech support guy at Yamaha told me those 2 pins should be left higher than the others. In addition to the replacement strings, he offered to send me a couple of oversize tuning pins as well (so they'd be less likely to flagpole during tuning, I presume) – which is one of the weirder offers I've ever had from a piano company (I admire and commend their spirit of helpfulness tho –)

Joseph


On Oct 8, 2012, at 11:06 AM, richarducci at comcast.net wrote:

> These are on a P-22 , Thomaston GA.
> They are original , and quite a distance from the plate.
> In fact, most of the bass section is like this...
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> Rick Ucci
> Uccipiano.com
> 609-677-0444