At 05:13 AM 5/28/98 -0600, you wrote: >Jon... >When you say" cut the pin 1/4 inch below the hole"...do you mean saw it >off...thus making a short dummy pin??? >Dick RPT MT Yes, That way, the lower end of the pin does not get in the way of the other pins when making a coil in tight areas, as in the last row close to the tenor/bass break. (That 'hint' was given to me by John McDonald, RPT, RI Chapter). Jon Page Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. (jpage@capecod.net) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >---------- >> From: Jon Page <jpage@capecod.net> >> To: pianotech@ptg.org >> Subject: Re: Restringing just the bass >> Date: Thursday, June 11, 1998 5:28 AM >> >> If you are useing the same pins, only back them out 3/4 turn >> to place the becket about 5:00. >> >> Cut the new wire to length (4 fingers or a handy measure like >> the Becket Tool :-). >> >> Make the coil on a dummy pin. This is a pin which has the hole drilled >> slightly larger and cut 1/4" below the hole. Also a slot is cut from the >> bottom to the hole, this will allow the coil to be removed from the pin >> quickly and without expanding. (This is a past List tip I received). >> >> Install the coil on the old pin and a 3/4 turn brings you back to >tension. >> No need to listen if your wire is cut to the right length. This speeds up >the >> restringing procedure. >> >> If you are replacing the pins, use a gun barrel cleaning brush in drill >> to remove the glaze from the sides of the holes. >> >> Tune, >> >> Jon Page >> Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. (jpage@capecod.net) >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> >> At 07:33 PM 6/10/98 -0400, you wrote: >> >One thing we all forgot about is tuning pin torque. >> > >> >It's probably pretty good, especially in humid Washington, but backing >> >out each pin three turns could reduce the torque in the area of the >> >piano that tends to suffer from loose pins first in the long term. >> > >> >How many of you would back out the pins only one turn and use a dummy >> >pin? How many would use oversize pins? >> > >> >Carl >> > >> > >> > > >
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