<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2722" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><STRONG>"It is the one with the three holes = drilled through the plate, aligning the strings."</STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Interesting. I would like to know more. = A picture is worth a thousand words!   ;-)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca = href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">John Ross</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, August 23, 2005 = 3:24 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> To Ream or Not to = Ream?</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>I normally used to ream, before repining.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>However on this latest piano, the pins = were tight on removal. Sorry, I forgot to take a torque measurement.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>I normally just go up one size, unless = they are really loose.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>I am tempted to just go up the one = size, and not ream. I do use pin driving fluid.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>I would like to be reminded of the = pros, and cons of each procedure.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>It is a good quality upright, a = Heintzman, with what they call an Agraffe Bridge, patented in 1895. It is the one with = the three holes drilled through the plate, aligning the strings.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>It had no 1/2 sizes of strings. I am = adding a few that seem to improve the inharmonicity, according to PSCALE.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A = href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A></FONT= ></STRONG></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>