Tunings stability problem

[Richard Brekne]

Several things could be the source of your problem, but obviously its not responding to the move to the church well. I never did find that shimming solutions worked very well, but some folks swear by them. I would suggest next time you remove a pin or two you take a small maglite and inpect very carefully the inside of the tuning pin holes. Look for cracks. 

You might try the CA (super glue) trick on a few to see if that works. Epoxy is another solution but personally I find that it seems to work best when you remove the pin and fill the whole hole with thin epoxy and wait a week or so for it to cure, then rebore the hole to the same size it was before the treatment. Anyways... if CA works, its fast and cheap.

Otherwise... a new pinblock may be called for... but I suppose thats not an option.

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On 23.05.2002 at 12:43 Ronald Ochs 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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