Hello, Thanks for posting, Do you regulate the hardness of the fit as regular maintenance (with the little wedges ?) I seem to remember having seen one of these in a precedent life - no particular impression but the action was too worn and it was enough of a pain to play the notes at this moment. But I don't remember having problems on most of the notes (accordingly to the kind of tuning I do in these times) , but some where not really holding, or where veryhard to stay put. I seem to recall that I took a little hammer and inserted the wedges but can't remember more (sorry, may be afterthat I wake up ;>) Nowadays - nor a dream or a nightmare, but I remember the notes that don't want to stay I could not really tune them. May be with some oil ! Best Regards Isaac OLEG Entretien et reparation de pianos. PianoTech 17 rue de Choisy 94400 VITRY sur SEINE FRANCE tel : 033 01 47 18 06 98 fax : 033 01 47 18 06 90 cell: 06 60 42 58 77 > -----Message d'origine----- > De : pianotech-bounces@ptg.org > [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]De la > part de John Gunderson > Envoye : lundi 14 avril 2003 04:52 > A : pianotech@ptg.org > Objet : PIANO WITH NO PINBLOCK!!!??? > > > That's right, I have a customer with a 1930 Wurlitzer baby > grand serial # > 104791. She told me tuners have complained how hard it is > to tune and that > one of the tuners told her it has no pin block. When I > checked, to my > surprise, there was no pin block. The plate was drilled to > fit the tuning > pins snuggly and the pins where driven directly into the > plate. On the top > side, the pins look just like any other grand piano but > underneath they > extend out of the plate about 3/8ths of an inch, they are > split and little > steel wedges are driving into each pin to spread the pin > tight inside the > hole. I have pictures in jpeg format if anyone is > interested in seeing > this system, just e-mail me and I'll be happy to send them out to > you. The fact is that the piano holds tune exceptionally > well (73 years > and still holding strong). I would say the piano is not so > much difficult > to tune, it's just a different feel, quite unlike a wooden block. > > I'd be interested if anyone has any information about this > tuning pin system. > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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