<DIV>Do you need to lay the piano on it's back with a tilter when you drive in the pins, so as not to chance cracking the block?<BR></DIV> <DIV>Matthew<BR><B><I>Farrell <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com></I></B> wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>DRIVE, DRIVE, DRIVE them puppies! Hammer away!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sure, why not? It's an old upright that's seen its best days, it's fast, cheap, effective, will last awhile, won't hurt anything - coils are already too high. I'd do it. I've done it! (Not that that means squat.)    ;-)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If it doesn't work, them CA 'em.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=cjhpianotech@comcast.net href="mailto:cjhpianotech@comcast.net">Chris Henke</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech Listserv</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, October 27, 2004 12:39 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Drive Tuning Pins?</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I've got a customer with loose tuning pins (well, I mean her piano, of course).  It's an old upright piano of nominal value.  Normally I would not drive the tuning pins to correct this, I would do the CA glue thing (unless there are indications of a more serious problem).  But in this case I am considering driving 'em, because:</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>1) The tuning pins are really high (about 1 inch), and there is lots of room between the coils and the plate.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>2) All the pins in the piano seem to have about the same torque.  So that makes me think that I'm not seeing a cracked pinblock problem.  </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>  </FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Comments, support, or derision please.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Chris Henke<BR>Portland, Oregon</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>Matthew Todd<br>Todd Piano Works<br>Piano Tuner/Technician<br>Tuning - Repairing - Regulating<p>__________________________________________________<br>Do You Yahoo!?<br>Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around <br>http://mail.yahoo.com