Tunings stability problem

[baoli liu]

Hi Ron,

If you continue to find loosed tuning pins,you'd
better check if pin block is cracking.

Shimming with sandpaper is one way to kill loosed
pins. replacing  the original  tuning pins with larger
ones or using CA glue also works well.

Of course,pin block must be supported from underneath
while you replace pins or doing the shimming work to
prevent pinblock cracking.

Baoli


--- Ronald Ochs <ronspianoservice@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> I've been fighting a Steinway L 1954 for the past 3
> months. It was donated to a church recently. I did a
> quick tuning on it a few weeks after delivery and it
> responded as well as any piano would after it has
> been
> moved. In the past month individuals strings have
> been
> seriously dropping in pitch, mostly in the mid to
> upper treble. As I checked pin tightness they were
> very loose. So I shimmed the offenders with
> sandpaper.
> It seems that every other week I am finding new pins
> that need attention. I realize a piano is going to
> have some stability issues after a move, but that
> severe? What do you think is the best coarse of
> action
> for this piano?
> 
> Any and all input would be appreciated.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Ron Ochs
> Ron's Piano Service- Klamath Falls, OR
> 
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