Hi David, I think you will find that the high tension of the low bass notes, has more to do with the problem. Having said that, there is not a lot of wood surrounding that pin. Get a good plug cutter, and plug with some spare pin block material. I think Pianotech sells pin block plugs??? but I am not sure. regards Roger At 06:17 PM 4/8/02 -0400, you wrote: >List, > >When tuning yet another Steinway grand with a loose A-0 tuning pin, I was >daydreaming about ways this problem could be corrected during rebuilding. >It seems to me that the reason behind the problem is that the tuning pin is >way too close to the flange edge of the block. I thought that reconfiguring >the pattern of the lowest four tuning pins to be staggered instead of in a >straight line would fix things just fine. Well, drilling new holes in the >plate before regilding would not be that big a problem, BUT... How, or >with what do I plug the original holes? I would prefer the original holes >to really "disappear" for cosmetic reasons. > >Has anyone done/thought about doing this? And, does anyone else think this >would be a good thing to do? > >Dave Foster > >_________________________________________________________________ >Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com > > Roger Jolly Balwin Yamaha Piano Centres. Saskatoon/Regina. Canada.
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