---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment In a message dated 1/26/2002 4:13:01 AM Pacific Standard Time, A440A@AOL.COM writes: > Subj:Re: pin comparisons > Date:1/26/2002 4:13:01 AM Pacific Standard Time > From:<A HREF="mailto:A440A@AOL.COM">A440A@AOL.COM</A> > Reply-to:<A HREF="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> > To:<A HREF="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> > Sent from the Internet > > > > Greetings, > Dale writes: > > >>To my mind it doesn't really > matter how . big the pin is, within reason a no.1 thru 4 pin as long > > as they render easily in the block. know what I mean. > . > >a block with number ones and they're to tight it 's still hard just as > hard > > to tune as the too tight no.4 >> > > While I like experimenting as much as the next person, I am finally > > satisfied with my pin/block/drill combination. The D at Vanderbilt tunes > like a dream. I used 1/0 pins from Pianotek in a Steinway plank. I > drilled > it with a new "C" bit in the bass and middle section, switching over to the > > "D" bit for the last two octaves. <.>>>>>>>>>>What is the decimal equivelents for these bits? Generally I've used a .250 for no. ones at 2&3/8" and not always happy. I've thought that a .253 or .so would be better fit in the treble( but haven't looked for a bit that size) and a .250 in the bass. After two years, the torque has remained a > > around 120 in/lbs in the bass, and a little less than 100 in/lbs in the > top. > Not a single jumping pin in the piano. I don't notice any additional flex > in > these pins compared to 2/0. However, the older D with the 4/0 pins does > have a bit more rigidity,(which is good,because it is a tight block). > Contrast this to our brand new D. The tightest pins in the piano are in > > the top octave! Geez, and I have to live with this. There is no need for > a > jumpy pin with 150 in/lbs torque in the top octave of a piano and I > consider > it an artless stringing job when it makes tuning unnecessarily hard for us > tuners. > >>>>>Dittos on that I am beginning to understand why some older rebuilder/techs I know > > eventually got to where they only tuned their own rebuilds. >>>Ed if every steinway tuned like an old original well preserved factory job we'd all be smiling and thats my goal. >>>>>>>Dale > Regards, > Ed Foote RPT > > ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/a6/6e/f9/c3/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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