Wegman upright

[Brian Trout]

Hi Clyde,

I think it was Wegman who tried to build pianos without pinblocks.  I've
never had the opportunity to see one in person, but I've heard about them.

On the grand piano of that design, the tuning pins would be fairly tight in
the cast iron plate with a 'slot' in the bottoms of the tuning pins with a
wedge of some type driven / pressed (??) in to spread the bottom of the pin
and make it tighter in the plate (since there's no pinblock).  At least
that's what I've been told.

I'm not sure how they might have tried to work out a design like that on an
upright.

Did this piano have a pinblock?  Could you tell?  I'd be curious as to any
other observations.

Brian Trout
Quarryville, PA
btrout@desupernet.net


> Today I tuned a 1910 Wegman upright serial 15799.  I am curious about
> something.  Cast into the plate was this:
>
> Tuning pin fastening patented
> June 15, 1886
> November 11, 1902
>
> What does this refer to?
>
> Regards, Clyde
>
>