Patrick, Your post is of great interest to me. What epoxy/ composition did they use? How thick was the stuff? If thin, how did they stop it from flowing into the webbing and the pins? Did they add filler? All info would be greatly appreciated! TIA Vladan ============================= Patrick wrote: While this advice probably wouldn't do you much good if you're just Joe Average Tuner encountering this problem in the field, I would suggest that you urge your boss to make part of dealer prep a procedure employed by a friend who was having similar troubles with a line of Asian pianos he was carrying for a while. He would remove the action (and lid and legs), and then flip the piano upside down on a work bench, spray (or paint) a mold release agent (e.g. McLube) in the plate flange/pinblock gap, and then flow epoxy in to fill the gap. After it cures, the pinblock stopped wiggling and the tuning stability vastly improved. Installing wedges in the gap could work fairly well if you first lowered tension, and put a lot of them in. Of course, all this assumes the dealer gives a damn and is willing to spend money to deliver real value (i.e. "not junk") to his deserving customers. It would also help if he informed the Nordiska honchos that they're pushing defective product out the door and it is time to correct their factory procedures ("not fitting the pinblock to the plate flange"). So -- tell your boss -- be persuasive -- then it's in his court -- you can always move on if he won't budge. Patrick __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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