At what point would you consider a tight pinblock too tight to be able to give a reasonable tuning? I tried to tune a piano today that had been built with what I believe is an excessively tight pinblock. I actually did get out the torque wrench. I can only read it up to about 250 inch pounds of torque, and probably 2 - 3 dozen of the tuning pins were way in excess of that. Judging from the feel of the pins, I would guestimate in excess of 300 inch pounds for the worst. Am I being a jerk to say that this brand new, well recognized, name brand piano is defective? Would I be wrong in recommending that the manufacturer be asked to repair this defect? I am totally amazed that I didn't break off any tuning pins trying to tune this beast. So, I'm asking, how much is too much? Where should we draw the line? (If I had built a pinblock that tuned like that, someone would have my head on a platter.) Anyone care to name the highest acceptable torque? Brian Trout Quarryville, PA btrout@desupernet.net
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