David, I'll echo Jeannie's comments. The beauty of these devices is that you can adjust your compressor settings to correspond with the amt. of movement you want with each burst of power. I think I usually use around 60psi for most string jobs and find it easy to predict how far the pins needs to go in. I usually ballpark it for the actually string/ pin install, and then go back and "touch up" the pin heights with a slightly lower psi setting, allowing a pin in increments of 1mm.Very slick process. The only drawback is the noise factor. Hearing protection is essential as the decimal level is high. Tom Servinsky ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeannie Grassi" <jcgrassi@earthlink.net> To: "'Pianotech'" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 11:53 PM Subject: RE: Danair Pneumatic palmnailer for driving tuning pins > Hi David, > I went through the same process a while ago. I ended up getting a Senco > palm nailer for a very affordable price. I've used it with no other head > than the 1/4 in. one that came with it and it worked fine. I wasn't sure > it > would work because of other people's concerns, but I didn't run into any > problems.....just getting used to it's power and being careful not to > drive > the pins all the way through the block!! Maybe I was just lucky. > jeannie > > Jeannie Grassi, RPT > Assistant Editor, Piano Technicians Journal > mailto:jcgrassi@earthlink.net > > > -----Original Message----- > From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On > Behalf > Of David Love > Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 8:45 PM > To: 'Pianotech' > Subject: Danair Pneumatic palmnailer for driving tuning pins > > I was looking through the archives interested in perhaps buying one of > these > for stringing and was wondering if there are other models than the Danair > model that people like, what size head diameter works best and whether or > not you need to do anything to protect the top of the pin? > > Thanks > > David Love > davidlovepianos@comcast.net > > > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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