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[Richard Brekne]

A440A@AOL.COM wrote:

> Inre pinblock plugs,
> Richard writes:
> >Interesting. I seem to remember reading once that there was a concern about
> >slipage.
>
> Greetings,
>    The Geers method that Tony showed me was to drill out alternating holes,
> plugging them, and then drilling the remaining ones in between them.  There
> is little chance of slippage with the proper glue.
>    One Steinway D I take care had the last three tuning pin holes so close to
> the  plate that the pins were held by metal to metal contact for the first
> year, then they went south all at once.  I opened the plate-hole just enough
> to clear the hole in the block and a 4/0 pin would drop into the block!  This
>  was a new piano.
>     I drilled a 3/8" hole through the block for each note and then used
> Resourcinol glue to glue Falcon wood plug in the holes.  Two days later, I
> hand-drilled for 2/0, put in 3/0 pins, and they have held for 18 years now.
> This is an often tuned instrument, and one pin is just now getting a little
> loose feeling.  I consider it to have been a good repair, and will go to 4/0
> with another string if necessary.
> Regards,
> Ed Foote
>

Definatly one for my books. Thanks ever so much. While we're on the subject of
pins, Is it such that you only get three sizes of tuning pins over there ? Here
in Europe they start at 670 mm and go up to 750 mm. All in all  7 different
sizes. I have not seen any info on the uniformity of thickness tho. I understand
that was a problem over there some years back. Is this still the case ?

richard brekne