pinblock drilling

[Joe & Penny Goss]

Yup  Ping Ping Ping Goes The Strings.
Joe
----- Original Message -----
From: J Patrick Draine <draine@mediaone.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, June 17, 2000 4:29 AM
Subject: Re: pinblock drilling


> Clyde Hollinger wrote:
>
> > Friends,
> >
> > I've been servicing a 1978 console that developed loose tuning pins over
> > the past several years, pretty much evenly across the piano.  I decided
> > as a first course of action to drive all the pins a smidgen deeper.
> > That worked pretty well, but I got the distinct impression as I was
> > going along that the tuning pins were hitting bottom in the holes.  A
> > pretty good whack didn't noticeably move some of them.
> >
> > Is this possible?  Has anyone had opportunity to notice if a factory has
> > ever drilled the pinblock on a vertical too shallow?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Clyde Hollinger
>
> Yes indeed! Pretty annoying, isn't it! Another good reason to get out the
> tilter, and give it the CA treatment.
> Also, many Wurlitzers have very high coils, but if you drive them deeper,
> the string wraps over the coils, and bass string breakage becomes a real
> possibility.
>
> Patrick
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