Hard pin setting was( Setting them pins!)

[gordon stelter]

You need to do a combination of flexing the pin and
thwacking the key, simultaneously, of course. And
there are so many variables between piano and piano,
regarding riction over bearing points, pin tightness
and pin flex that it must nearly be intuitive,as to
when you have done your best with that particular
instrument. You need the right balance, I think.
     Thump

--- "Benny L. Tucker" <precisionpiano@alltel.net>
wrote:
> To clarify what I meant by hard pin setting. What
> I'm trying to describe about my technique is this.
> After getting the pin in the correct position, with
> the pitch "sharp", I like to flex the pin "not
> flagpoling", downpitch to the perfect unison.
> I have always felt that the resistance felt during
> this downpitch flex should be moderate. In other
> words, just a little more pushing down and the whole
> pin will turn, but it takes great effort to pull the
> pin back up-pitch.
>     My thinking is that I don't want the string to
> be able to pull the pin down any further, because I
> have already pounded it in with moderate flex
> downpitch.
>     I was just wondering if I might be "flexing" the
> pin downpitch too much, and therefore the pin
> "unwinds" after I leave and pulls the pitch sharp. I
> am now trying to set the pins with a lot less
> "flex", like at the beginning of resistance.
> Does this make sense? Anyhow, I appreciate all your
> advice!!
> 
> Thanks.
>     
> Benny L. Tucker
> Precision Piano Tuning & Repair
> Thomaston, Ga.
> 
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: Wimblees@aol.com 
>   To: pianotech@ptg.org 
>   Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 11:03 PM
>   Subject: Re: Setting them pins!
> 
> 
>   In a message dated 2/20/03 3:46:34 AM !!!First
> Boot!!!, precisionpiano@alltel.net writes:
> 
> 
>     So, my question this time, "How hard to you guys
> and gals set the pins"?
>     And do you feel confident with it's holding
> power?
> 
>     Thanks for your input!
> 
>     Benny L. Tucker
>     Precision Piano Tuning &Repair
> 
> 
> 
>   Benny
> 
>   Setting the pin is not something that is
> considered "hard." So I don't know exactly what you
> are saying when you say your setting the pin hard.
> The strings, yes, you should hit the key hard, so
> that the string will settle down, and be rendered
> over all the pressure points. 
> 
>   But to set the pin, your doing the right thing, by
> releasing the tension. But you might want to do one
> more thing. When the string is "there," and you've
> released the tension on the pin, just wiggle the
> tuning hammer a little. Don't put pressure on the
> pin, and don't bend it. But with your fingers, just
> lift up the handle of the hammer and wobble it up
> and down. (or back and forth on a vertical). That is
> all there is to setting the pin. 
> 
>   And as far as your tunings staying or not.
> Although setting the pin and the string will make it
> more stable, if a piano is out after several months,
> especially after the winter we've just had, it isnot
> anything you did wrong. All of our pianos went
> haywire this winter. 
> 
>   Wim 
> 


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