---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment At 10:38 PM 10/16/2004 -0500, you wrote: >It sure does make the tuning squirrelly. There's something else I'd call >it, but.......like........I'm a lady. ;-) I'm wrestling with a piano >that has exactly that problem. The other causes of stiction I've dealt >with successfully mostly by lubing some way or another. But, since were >talking right there at the pinblock, I haven't dared. Any thoughts? Yes, >yes, I've already suggested that it goes in for a new block. > >Barbara Richmond Barbara, The method I learned from Jamie Marks (appropriate last name) before he moved away from here to manage the Mason plant has worked real well for keeping the pin off the plate. From a standard center-punch set, I pick the punch that just barely flops around in the hole. I insert from a slight angle like the 5 degrees (+/-) of the pin in the block, and pull the punch towards the front as I tap it for the mark. This actually puts the dimple just a hair off center, and combined with the bore angle, the pins usually don't bind at tension. At the plant, we get about 80-100 blocks out of one 9 dollar set of punches. Your mileage may vary. Have fun, (230 times) Guy ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/9d/94/20/e4/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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