No Bushings/Tuning Pin Size

[Farrell]

Hey, I think I'll respond to my own post! The point here is that one thing I
have learned is to not assume that what you take out of a piano is whay the
designer/manufacturer put in there (someone may have "improved"
it).........even then, I think it is quite prudent to take a step back and
evaluate whether what the designer/manufacturer did was the best thing to
do.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Farrell" <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2001 7:10 PM
Subject: Re: No Bushings/Tuning Pin Size


> My guess is that this one had been restrung about 200 years ago. It had
4/0
> pins (mostly, and a few bigger ones). I have my doubts these were the
> original pins. I'm starting from scratch and want to make the most
> reasonable decisions I can. Anyone have good knowledge of this situation?
> Hey Joe Garrett!!!!!
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Conrad Hoffsommer" <hoffsoco@martin.luther.edu>
> To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2001 12:30 PM
> Subject: Re: No Bushings/Tuning Pin Size
>
>
> > At 10:32 06/02/2001 -0400, you wrote:
> > >Hi gang. I am epoxy-ing in 1/2" pinblock plugs in a square grand...
> >
> > >  - they and other non-bushed
> > >plates typically use 2/0, don't they?
> > >
> > >Terry Farrell
> >
> >
> > What size(s) did you take oudt?
> >
> > Last square I did had 1/0 in the top two octaves, 2/0 in most of the
rest
> > and ==> 4/0 <== for the bottom 8. (also had different lengths for each).
> >
> >
> >
> > Conrad Hoffsommer - Music Technician -mailto:hoffsoco@luther.edu
> > Luther College, 700 College Drive, Decorah, Iowa 52101-1045
> > Voice-(563)-387-1204  //  Fax (563)-387-1076(Dept.office)
> >
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> >
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