[pianotech] Pinblock Separation Repair

[Terry Farrell]

That's what I used. A regular tip wouldn't even go onto the pin at all. The narrow wall went on a little way - enough to turn the pin - but it far from all the way on and it was wedged between the pin and the nut - definitely not a good thing, but I was able to make do.

Terry Farrell

On Feb 28, 2013, at 8:25 AM, John Ross wrote:

> Hi Terry,
> Would a narrow wall tuning tip work?
> It has for me in situations like that.
> In the odd spinet the pin is too close to the bearing bar or an adjacent pin, in those situations I use a thin walled tuning tip. with a tip adapter, so I don't have to keep changing the tip.
> I always do the bolts with the carriage bolt head to the back. 
> John Ross