Pitch raise

Delwin D Fandrich pianobuilders@olynet.com
Sun, 15 Feb 1998 13:28:07 -0800



Rob Stuart-Vail wrote:

> Hi Jim,
>
> > >  The super tight pins I can understand but the "oversize pins" I am not
> sure
> I comprehend.  Could you elaborate here?<<
>
> By "oversize" pins, I meant a repinned piano.
>
> I feel that sometimes with a repinned piano there isn't the same smoothness
> in tuning, perhaps a bit jumpy,  too tight,  and  mean to tune because the
> larger diameter of the pin robs us of some of the,  let's say "vernier"
> (unless you can think of a better word) that we get from a 2/0 or smaller
> pin.
>
> I probably opened a fresh can of squirmers here..
>
> Rob

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Rob,

Nope. I agree with you completely. This is just one of the reasons why we almost always
decline to rebuild pianos using the original pinblock.

Del




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