hitch pin repair

[Farrell]

And if the piano is new-new, perhaps it is under warranty and perhaps the
manufacturer might have a preferred repair method?

Terry Farrell

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Sent: Friday, September 17, 2004 2:50 PM
Subject: Re: hitch pin repair


> << What is the best way to repair a hitch pin on a new
> grand piano?  Apparently, this one came out.  Should I
> epoxy the same pin back in?  Do they come in different
> sizes? >>
>
> I recently did one.  It was a Steinway and it required a larger pin than
the
> one originally installed.  I managed to hammer the broken off stubb out
the
> bottom of the plate,(there was room without hitting the soundboard).  If
you
> have one that has simply come out, you can reinstall it with a few strands
of
> copper wire that you have unraveled from ordinary lamp cord. Two or three
of
> these very thin strands will really make it tight as you hammer it it.  I
just
> made sure that the wires were not quite to the bottom of the hole, and
then broke
> off the excess after the pin was in place.
>    I didn't like the epoxy idea, but it may work just fine.
> Regards,
> Ed Foote RPT
> http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html
> www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html
>
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