further education

[Joe And Penny Goss]

Hi Terry Corte and Keith etal,
It is sort of hard to explain  but I use a #3 tip on all pins not minding if
the pins are on the small side. To bring the pitch up I use a technique that
is sort of like sneaking up on moving the pin, a bump bump stronger and
stronger until the pin pops in the wrest plank. As I get a feel for the
piano  it is quicker jerks of just the correct power to move the pin up.
To set the pin I relax the depth ever so slightly so that the tip is loose
on the pin and tap impact the pin down mostly or slightly up.
The movement down is never more than a few cents and up not over a cent.
If over this I reposition the pin and start over.
Ever notice that after moving the pin up too far and having to go back lower
that the movement of the pin can sometimes be made to move in much smaller
incruments?
Joe Goss
imatunr@srvinet.com
www.mothergoosetools.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Keith McGavern" <kam544@gbronline.com>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 8:54 AM
Subject: Re: further education


> At 6:19 AM -0400 9/8/03, Farrell wrote:
> >Hi Joe. How do you have a "loose tip"?
>
> Terry,
>
> I interpret that comment as a tip that doesn't fit snugly on the
> tuning pins, rather flops around a bit.
>
> Keith McGavern
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