Broadwoodgrand°1894

[Richard Brekne]

Ah,,,, you mean the TIP is oblong... grin... ya hads me wanderering
there for a minute... ROLF.

Cheers

RicB

Thanks for the pic!

Danny Boddin wrote:
> 
> Hi Ric, happy 2003, here's a picture of the oblong pin, it goes 2cm into the
> plateholethread and
> goes down on the pinblockwood with 2cm. Takes time to restring since you
> need to turn the new pin way down
> plate and pinblock before putting your  wire in.
> 
>  BTW Nice reading for me on the last PTG Journal 'Handshakes Across the
> Atlantic'
> Danny
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Richard Brekne <Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no>
> To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Saturday, January 04, 2003 11:39 AM
> Subject: Re: Broadwoodgrand°1894
> 
> > Id like a picture of the tuning pins myself... Oblong ? Not quite sure
> > what you mean. Nice to hear from you again Danny !
> >
> > Happy New Year
> >
> > RicB
> >
> > Danny Boddin wrote:
> > >
> > > This Broadwood has oblong threaded tuningpins which go into the plate
> before
> > > they catch the pinblock.
> > > We intend to replace them with the same size normal tuningpins which
> first
> > > will get a thread of the same dimension.
> > > Nicer looking and easier tuning.
> > > Do you think this will work? I mean, will this piano hold his tuning
> > > afterwards? The pinblock itself is in good condition and we prefer not
> to
> > > replace it: the plate seems to be glued on it, probably difficult to
> remove
> > > or not? Meaby we can put some epoxy
> > > in the pinblockholes for better fix of the new pins?
> > >
> > > This 2 meter grand will get a new ciresa soundboard. Any idea what kind
> of
> > > strings and best sounding scale we can use for restringing? I'm scared
> to
> > > use the 'pure sound' since even with the right calculated scaling up to
> the
> > > specifications from Juan Mas Cabré in some grands we restrung some
> strings
> > > broke after a while and even one year later.
> > > Thanks,
> > > Danny Boddin
> > > Ternat, Belgium
> > >
> >
>   ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > >                    Name: Imgp8186.jpg
> > >    Imgp8186.jpg    Type: JPEG Image (image/jpeg)
> > >                Encoding: base64
> > >
> >
>   ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
> >
> > --
> > Richard Brekne
> > RPT, N.P.T.F.
> > UiB, Bergen, Norway
> > mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no
> > http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html
> > _______________________________________________
> > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
> >
> 
>   ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>                    Name: Imgp8275.jpg
>    Imgp8275.jpg    Type: JPEG Image (image/jpeg)
>                Encoding: base64
> 
>   ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> _______________________________________________
> pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives

-- 
Richard Brekne
RPT, N.P.T.F.
UiB, Bergen, Norway
mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no
http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html