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You Know what Bill ?... I think I would go so far as to ditch the whole
idea of the full plate. I personally see no real problems with open face
pinblocks, and have always prefered tuning these over others.. No doubt
partly in my mind...but I look at it this way... often as not the bushings
cause as much problems as they are supposed to solve, and plates that dont
use them but still cover the block invariably end up with the pins riding
the plate which is no fun dealing with either.
<p>I just tuned a near 100 year old Duysen today... open face origional
pinblock... one time change of tuning pins about 15 years ago. (were 6,75
mm, are 7,0) Not a hint of a problem with this piano tuning wise. And it
hasnt been particularilly well cared for either. Holds like a rock. I have
a few Bechsteins I care for with open face blocks and an older Grotrian...
cant really see there is any problems caused by leaving the face open.
<p>Another thing is I like being able to see the wood. Makes it much much
easier to inspect when needed.
<p>Billbrpt@AOL.COM wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE><font face="arial,helvetica"><font size=-1>In a message
dated 5/11/01 10:01:52 AM Central Daylight Time,</font></font>
<br><font face="arial,helvetica"><font size=-1>Erwinpiano@email.msn.com
(Erwinpiano) writes:</font></font>
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<blockquote TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px"><font face="arial,helvetica"><font size=-1>My
solution was to fully fit the block with a good plate fange contact</font></font>
<br><font face="arial,helvetica"><font size=-1>and eliminate the bushing.
The piano tunes like a dream(Bolduc block)yeah</font></font>
<br><font face="arial,helvetica"><font size=-1>baby. Enough said?</font></font></blockquote>
<p><br><font face="Arial"><font color="#000000"><font size=+0>Back in the
late 1070's and early 1980's when I was interested in the</font></font></font>
<br><font face="Arial"><font color="#000000"><font size=+0>rebuilding end
of the business, many people were putting plate bushings in</font></font></font>
<br><font face="Arial"><font color="#000000"><font size=+0>Steinways.
The word from Steinway at the time (and probably still is) was</font></font></font>
<br><font face="Arial"><font color="#000000"><font size=+0>exactly the
same reasoning that you put forth here, Dale.</font></font></font>
<p><font face="Arial"><font color="#000000"><font size=+0>My only question
about that is how far the tuning pin coil ended up being</font></font></font>
<br><font face="Arial"><font color="#000000"><font size=+0>from the top
of the pinblock. In some cases, it seems to me, the lack of a</font></font></font>
<br><font face="Arial"><font color="#000000"><font size=+0>plate bushing
really creates a bad "flagpole" effect. Couldn't a well fitted</font></font></font>
<br><font face="Arial"><font color="#000000"><font size=+0>pinblock *and*
good, hard maple plate bushings make an even better</font></font></font>
<br><font face="Arial"><font color="#000000"><font size=+0>arrangement
than simply one or the other?</font></font></font>
<p><font face="Arial"><font color="#000000"><font size=+0>What's your and
any others opinion on that, please?</font></font></font>
<p><font face="Arial"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>Bill Bremmer
RPT</font></font></font>
<br><font face="Arial"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>Madison, Wisconsin</font></font></font></blockquote>
<p>--
<br>Richard Brekne
<br>RPT, N.P.T.F.
<br>Bergen, Norway
<br><A HREF="mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no">mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no</A>
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