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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A href="mailto:pianowrmonroe@hotmail.com"
title=pianowrmonroe@hotmail.com>William R. Monroe</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org"
title=pianotech@ptg.org>Pianotech</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, March 06, 2002 =
5:25
PM</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Baskerville Old Face">List,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Baskerville Old Face"></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Baskerville Old Face">Serviced a 1922 Vose upright
today. Rediculous loose tuning pins. Not all, just a =
select
group. Pins range from very tight to "don't leggo that hammer or =
it'll
come back and gitcha!!"</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Baskerville Old Face"></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Baskerville Old Face">I tapped in the worst =
offenders with a
punch and "handy hammer." I'm wondering how permanent a fix =
tapping in
loose pins can be. I'm also wondering if there are other fixes =
that are
as or more permanent that I am unaware of, short of using oversize =
pins,
shimming, etc. I ask the question this way, 'cause I don't think =
the
client is going to want to pay a whole lot. So - I guess I'm =
looking for
the best, quick-fix, cheap solution, for loose pins. =
Thanks
everyone.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Baskerville Old Face"></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Baskerville Old Face">William R. Monroe<BR>PTG
Associate<BR>Salt Lake City, UT</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Baskerville Old Face"> There's a =
tool
(Schaff p. 46, #108) called a tuning pin setter that lets you keep the =
string
up to pitch while you tap the pin in -- keeps the other side of the =
unison
from going way flat. You can tap in only until the coil =
hits the
plate or pinblock of course. It'll last for a while unless the =
pinblock
dries out further. Yes there are other fixes, namely the ones =
you
mention -- putting in a larger pin, shimming the hole with a little =
strip of
sandpaper, using the tuning pin hole sleeves, which almost no techs =
are
impressed with, or treating with pinblock dope or CA glue. =
The
last two are probably the quickest & cheapest, but the best would =
be a
hardwood plug and/or new oversize tuning pin. If the owner isn't =
willing
to pay much, s/he can't expect much in the way of results. =
--David
Nereson, RPT, Denver</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>