Uniplate! Tough to tune! Joe Goss imatunr@primenet.com http://www.primenet.com/~imatunr/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "L. Verkoelen" <mrfixit@pineknot.com> To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Monday, February 26, 2001 5:19 PM Subject: 1929 Wurly > Thanks for the replies to my post on grand regulating. Started the job today > and things are going along fine. When I pulled out the action, I came across > something I have never seen before or heard about either. > This piano has no pinblock, (yes I know I should have looked at this on > initial inspection, but with the piano on pitch and no major problems > apparent, it slipped my mind. It's hell getting old!!) The tuning pins are > screwed into the plate directly. The bottom of the pins are slotted and tiny > metal wedges were tapped into the bottoms to maintain tension. > Has anybody seen this before and do I have to do something special before I > tune it. > >
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