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<DIV>Hello Jack and List</DIV>
<DIV>As a left handed tuner I found tuning one of these pianos, =
with a not
"oblong" but more round ended triangle tuning pin hole in the plate, a =
joy. I
was very surprised - so much so (I had never come across this idea =
before) that
I remember it to this day.... and it was about 20 years ago... maybe =
more. In
originality it was akin to that bicycle brake adjust tuning system =
recently
discussed here. The other oddity is Broadwood's oblong cross-section pin =
with a
metric thread which literally screws into the web plate (c.1875). When =
they get
loose though - and they do - the only recourse is to withdraw them =
completely,
push a tube of fine grit sand paper through into the plank (grit =
out) and
re-insert the pin. Trouble is getting the pin in the right distance - as =
you can
imagine! Maybe there's a way of applying CA to those now-a-days! =
:-)</DIV>
<DIV>Michael G.(UK)</DIV>
<DIV>----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=JWyatt1492@aol.com
href="mailto:JWyatt1492@aol.com">JWyatt1492@aol.com</A> </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, July 21, 2005 =
4:05
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Wegman Tuning Pin
System</DIV>
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<DIV>Hello John,</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> The descriptions you have gotten are fairly =
accurate.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> The pin hole in the plate is vertically =
oblong.</DIV>
<DIV>Wegman used the principle of friction between</DIV>
<DIV>medals of difference hardness will hold very well.</DIV>
<DIV> Conover used the same principle in his "Sleeve</DIV>
<DIV>Inserts."</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> I have tuned Wegmans twenty or =
more times.</DIV>
<DIV> About half of these were the same piano. I found =
</DIV>
<DIV>them not only to be a joy to tune but also very </DIV>
<DIV>reliable and consistent. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> Please take note that I was trained to tune
vertical</DIV>
<DIV>pianos with my left hand on the hammer.
Therefore the</DIV>
<DIV>hammer was tilted at about 10:00 or 11:00 o'clock or to =
</DIV>
<DIV>the left.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> I think what killed this system was right handed
tuners</DIV>
<DIV>who insisted on tuning this piano with hammer at about =
</DIV>
<DIV>2:00. With the hammer tilted to the right
pulling DOWN </DIV>
<DIV>on the pin therefore increasing the friction. The =
combination
</DIV>
<DIV>of the hammer and the string both pulling DOWN on the </DIV>
<DIV>pin made it difficult to be tuned very =
well. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> Regards,</DIV>
<DIV>Jack Wyatt </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BODY></HTML>