Delignet Pinblocks

[David Love]

I'm not sure I know what you mean "use a sharp chisel to drive the screw
in".  It seems that the chisel won't be sharp for long doing that.  You're
right, after the first one sheared off I was able to tell that the second
one would... and it did...*(@)%(#*@.

David Love
davidlovepianos@earthlink.net


> [Original Message]
> From: Joe And Penny Goss <imatunr@srvinet.com>
> To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Date: 7/16/2003 5:34:42 PM
> Subject: Re: Delignet Pinblocks
>
> When the screws turn toooooo tight use a sharp chisel to drive the screw
in.
> This will sometimes prevent breakage. After breaking a few you should get
> the feel for when they are going to sheer off (O:((
> Joe Goss
> imatunr@srvinet.com
> www.mothergoosetools.com
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Joseph Garrett" <joegarrett@earthlink.net>
> To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 4:27 PM
> Subject: Re: Delignet Pinblocks
>
>
> > David:...."Trying to get the pinblock screws out of the piano turned out
> to
> > be quite
> > an ordeal.  They were completely frozen in the block and two of the
longer
> > screws (at the struts) sheared off.  Is this typical behavior for
Delignit
> > blocks?  Though I am going to replace the block, I have another
question.
> > Were I to reuse a Delignit block, what is the best way to approach the
> next
> > tuning pin size.  These were 2/0 and were fairly tight, though quite
> > corroded."
> >
> > I would say this is not typical of Delignet. I think the clue is in your
> > statement about the tuning pins......."quite corroded"! However, as I
said
> > in a recent post, I always "cut" the threads into pre-drilled pilot
holes.
> > Delignet is bit less forgiving of screws and such, IMO. Also, the person
> > that replaced that block might have done something to make it impossible
> to
> > remove the screws.
> > Best Regards,
> > Joe Garrett, RPT, (Oregon)
> >
> > Been There, Didn't Like It, So I'm Here To Stay! [G}
> >
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