Wegman upright

[Tom Driscoll]

25 years ago ,thinking I knew it all ,a string broke while tuning a wegman
and the tuning pin landed on the keys! What a shocker!  Great idea though.
80 years later and the pins feel like day one. Tom Driscoll. P.S. Heard an
old Texas tuner refer to the wegman as the piano with the egglong holes in
the plate. Makes perfect sense. Move over Yogi Berra. T.D.
----- Original Message -----
From: <bases-loaded@juno.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2000 6:38 PM
Subject: Re: Wegman upright


> On Wed, 6 Dec 2000 16:24:34 -0600 kam544@flash.net writes:
> > >...Wegman...Tuning pin fastening patented...
> > >What does this refer to?
> > >Regards, Clyde
> >
> > By backing off the tension on one of the tuning pins, Clyde, the
> > reference
> > will become crystal clear.
> >
> > There is no wood pinblock and no threads on the tuning pin.  The
> > tuning pin
> > is shorter than normal, flat on one end and manages to hold itself
> > in tune
> > by "fastening/wedging" itself in its metal holding socket once
> > tension is
> > established on the string attached to it.
> >
> > More in the archives   http://www.ptg.org/archive/pianotech.php/
> >
> > Keith McGavern
> > Registered Piano Technician
> > Oklahoma Chapter 731
> > Piano Technicians Guild
> > USA
> >
>
> Clyde -
>
> I service one Wegman upright, from about 1895 or so, and it belongs to my
> sister, so I have had, er, a,  substantial opportunity to service it.
> This particular one is not much of a piano, but the tuning pins are quite
> easy to manipulate.  One piano does not a survey make, but in this case
> the "tuning pin fastening" idea seems to be quite successful.
>
> Evidently there was not widespead support, though.....
>
> Mark Potter
> bases-loaded@juno.com
> >
> >