For this piano I decided to just set the bearing the best I can with dowel replacement rather than getting into hitch pin replacement. I fashioned the wood screws on a grinder to act as plate levelers and the plate is set back in and secured, now bearing check time. The dowels seem to have been lowered, The block is unscrewed from the case so its proper attitude can be maintained. Such fun, Jon Page At 07:51 AM 08/16/1999 -0600, you wrote: >Jon, > > Why don't you order some accu-just pins from Baldwin and drill >& insert 'em? You will have to enlarge the plate holes for them, and >ensure that the holes are 90 deg. to the plate. > > However, I wouldn't depend *solely* on the accu-just, it sounds >like you have *excessive* bearing, and your plate will have to be >shimmed up. > >Good luck! > >Rob Kiddell RPT >atonal@telusplanet.net > >> Re: Baldwin grand H (?) scale E >> >> Can the hitch pins be replaced with tension pins so >> the excessive downbearing can be eased a la 'accu-just', >> rather than raising the height of the plate support dowels? >> >> The bass, for instance, has 1/4" bearing at the moment. I don't >> think the summer humidity has moved the bridge that much. >> >> I was lazy when destringing and did not check bearing (it's only a Baldwin >> :-) >> The tone was lackluster. And the board had a 'thunk' sound when pounded >> with a clenched fist. It is not a candidate for a new board. >> But now the board produces a tone when hit. >> >> I believe the excessive bearing which was not addressed during the last >> restringing >> killed some of the tone and hopefully the board has sprung back a little. >> Big hope. :-) >> >> In any case, that's what I have to work with and I'm hoping for a simple >> solution >> to the bearing issue. >> >> If I pull the plate again, I'll set the bearing with wood screws set in the >> plate >> bolt holes for adjusting height as Chris Robinson explained during one of >> his classes. 'Accu-just' would be nice too. >> >> Regards, >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Jon Page, Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. mailto:jpage@capecod.net >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> > Jon Page, Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. mailto:jpage@capecod.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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