Ah The master of the bit <G> I tend to think like Dale but you make me reconsider. Joe Goss RPT Mother Goose Tools imatunr@srvinet.com www.mothergoosetools.com ----- Original Message ----- From: <A440A@aol.com> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Monday, October 04, 2004 8:26 PM Subject: Re: Drill bit size for #1 gauge tuning pins > Greetings, > I wrote: > << I use #1 pins on all my rebuilds. I usually use either factory Steinway > or Bolduc blocks. Normally, I use a C bit in the bottom 44 pins and a D bit > in the treble. Sometimes if the block feels a little tight, I will go to an > E bit,(.250") in the top two octaves, just for ease of tuning. >> > > > Dale writes: > I would not recommend no. ones in Ds or other heavy tension scales unless > they have plate bushing. I find the D I did with ones has more pin flex than > desired & the tuning is a bit more squirrly than before it was restrung. > > Hmmm, this is interesting! > Four years ago, I restrung the D at Vanderbilt with #1 pins in a new > Steinway block. The torque tapers from around 125 in/lbs in the bass to 100 in the > treble, (I used the two sizes of drill bits and also increased the feed speed > at the top end to give a little looser hole). > The piano tunes like a dream. I wish all the D's I tune, (six of them > last week!) were this easy to place the pins. Soooo.... I dunno. There are a > lot of variables in something this subjective. > Regards, > > > Ed Foote RPT > http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html > www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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