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<DIV><FONT color=#800080>I had a similar experience. Comments
below:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#800080>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>----- Original Message -----
<DIV>From: <<A
href="mailto:tune4u@earthlink.net">tune4u@earthlink.net</A>></DIV>
<DIV>To: "Pianotech" <<A
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>></DIV>
<DIV>Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 9:34 PM</DIV>
<DIV>Subject: Pins & Cups</DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>> New client today. 1961 Storey & Clark console. Three =
items:</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#800080>New Boston studio and a 1980 (guess) S&S
1098</FONT><BR>> <BR>> First, the pin-block (4 thin ply, one =
bigger layer
in back) is VERY<BR>> tight--like a new Baldwin or more so. It didn't =
seem to
be a string<BR>> resistance thing because it as very noticeable even =
in the
base (no V bar<BR>> there) and it tuned just fine, no jumps, no =
Steinway-like
delay in pitch<BR>> change. But, man, I'll have to eat Wheaties =
before I go
there again.</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#800080>Hexakill pinblock. Very tight. Just happened =
to have my
torque wrench with me. Picked 8 pins randomly. Seven were greater than =
200
in.-lbs. tighening the string, and all were 160 to 180 in.-lbs. =
loosening the
string. My arm is still sore (tuned it last Friday). Oh, and PLENTY of
Steinway-like delay in pitch change! The Boston was almost as tight, but =
the
pins were mushy - like someone did the "Pintight" treatment to =
them. You
could never get the little bumps of movement that you like to =
feel
when making small adjustments. It drove me nuts. <BR></FONT>> =
<BR>>
Second, my hammer just would not seat well on those pins. I thought at
first<BR>> that the strings were keeping the tip from dropping in, as =
sometimes happens<BR>> close to the V bar (Wurlitzer!) but that =
wasn't it.
Tried #2 and #3. Loose,<BR>> floppy, sloppy. I couldn't let go of the =
hammer,
most of the time, as it<BR>> would fall off. It really exacerbated =
(can you
say that on TV?) the<BR>> tight-pin problem above. Did S&C use =
weird
pins? I've only tuned a couple<BR>> others and didn't notice such a
problem.</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#800080>Same thing with the Boston. I used the tip I =
use on
almost all pianos - including the Boston that I own. The tip would just =
not go
on snugly. And yes, I agree, it really exacerbated (can you say that on =
TV?) the
tight-pin problem.<BR></FONT>> <BR>> Third, This is new to the =
owners and
they have real nice hardwood floors.<BR>> They only had stupid square =
little
hardware store rubber cups to I sold them<BR>> some wooden caster =
cups BUT
(actual QUESTION follows) what kinds of<BR>> solutions are there to =
the
problem of piano bench feet scraping around on<BR>> nice =
floors?</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#800080>I have glued felt to the leg bottoms. =
Recently a
cusomer of mine had some really nice add-on thingees with felt bottoms =
for the
legs. I don't know where she found them.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#800080>Shall we split a jar of Ben-Gay?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><BR>> <BR>> Alan Barnard<BR>> Salem, MO<BR>> <BR>> =
"Pardon
me, would you happen to have any cheap yellow mustard?"<BR>> <BR>> =
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