Judging from the input I've had from people who've tried it, #1 tuning pins work in an open block (i. e. , the coil is a few millimeters above the block itself, not the plate). Apparently, anything much less than a #2 tuning pin will flagpole too much in a Steinway-style plate (with plate webbing over the pinblock, no plate bushings). I was considering trying #1s on a new block in a "D" but was strongly advised not to for the aforementioned reason. (Sounds like someone else had already been there and done that.)
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From: John Ross <jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca><br>
To: Pianotech List <pianotech@ptg.org><br>
Sent: Tue, 4 Dec 2007 10:10 am<br>
Subject: Re: stumped<br>
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<div><strong><font face="Arial">Another question re pins. Why are #2 pins used in
a new block?</font></strong></div>
<div><strong><font face="Arial">Wouldn't it make more sense to use
#1.</font></strong></div>
<div><strong><font face="Arial">I have always used the #2 in a new
pinblock.</font></strong></div>
<div><strong><font face="Arial">I have a mini piano I am putting a block in, and I
am using #1 pins. #1 had been used initially.</font></strong></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">John M. Ross<br>
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada<br>
<a href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</a></font></div>
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<<Why in the world <br>
<pre>would anyone put 3/0 pins in a new block???>><br>
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>From what I gather, the "technician" who did the "rebuild" probably was just too lazy to order smaller pins, or was grossly under-prepared and that's the smallest sozed pins he had at the moment. Or...because there might be less "flagpolling" since Steinway grands don't have tuning pin bushings.<br>
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Terry Peterson<br>
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<em>He could also have drilled the pins
too fast, or with a dull bit. He probably tried 2/0, but found them too loose.
Or he just didn't know what he was doing.<br>
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