<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" xmlns:o = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:st1 = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16674" name=GENERATOR><o:SmartTagType name="PersonName" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType> <STYLE>  </STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY lang=FR vLink=purple link=blue bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>I love you too.</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #008000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black">From: <A title=pierre.gevaert@belgacom.net href="mailto:pierre.gevaert@belgacom.net">Gevaert Pierre</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">To: <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">'Pianotech List'</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2008 11:59 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">Subject: RE: Broadwood broken tuning pin</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV class=Section1> Hi, <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> The Boudoir grands I know about have the (square)pins screwed for about 2/3 into the iron plate and 1/3 into wood.<o:p></o:p> I tuned several and some stayed in tune quite well (afther more than 130 years !)<o:p></o:p> Others had the pins to loose. I don’t know if it is possible to find such tuning pins nor if it these would hold better.<o:p></o:p> There is some explanation on the lest front side of the soundboard near the basstrings but I think this is only to explain how to change a string.<o:p></o:p>  I’m also interested to know how to make this kind of pins tight again.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Like some use ca glue for wooden pinblocks would it be possible to use a kind of product like Locktite for metal threads ?<o:p></o:p> This is used for making the threads tighter and exists in several strenghts. <o:p></o:p> Of course this may sound stange for using this kind of stuff for historical pianos but I can’t see another way exept maybe make threaded pins that are a little bigger or maybe a better choise to change the wooden part of the block (beech)so that at least the pins get some new grip there.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> In this way it would be possible to clean and reuse the original pins.<o:p></o:p> There are many of those Boudoir grands remaining today so I would eventually be possible to find another similar instrument for using spare parts.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <st1:PersonName w:st="on" ProductID="Pierre Gevaert">Pierre Gevaert</st1:PersonName><o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> -----Message d'origine----- De : pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] De la part de John Delacour Envoyé : dimanche 3 août 2008 19:58 À : <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Pianotech List</st1:PersonName> Objet : Re: Broadwood broken tuning pin <o:p> </o:p> At 15:28 +0200 3/8/08, stephan van meirhaeghe wrote:<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> >Hi list,<o:p></o:p> ><o:p> </o:p> >I'm now restoring a Broadwood grand 'Boudoir' and had to remove all <o:p></o:p> >the tuning pins because to rusty and not possible to tune...<o:p></o:p> >Anywone had similar problems?And where can I find similar pins?Or do <o:p></o:p> >I need make new ones?<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Are you talking of the threaded pins that screw into an iron plate? <o:p></o:p> If so, send a photo.  I can't help you but I'll be doing some work <o:p></o:p> with a colleague soon who may have some.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> JD<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p></DIV><PRE>No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.5.12/1589 - Release Date: 03/08/2008 1:00 PM </PRE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>