Pinboard repair on Rippen Grand

Don pianotuna@accesscomm.ca
Mon, 17 Jan 2005 15:07:02


Hi Bill,

I'd go with option one as then 2 and 3 are still paths you can follow.
Remember to control humidity very carefully after using CA glue, and the
repair will then last for many years.

At 12:03 PM 17/01/2005 -0800, you wrote:
>I am not a piano technician, but just a lurker on this PTG list.
>
>#1 is to inject very thin CA glue in the pinblock next to each pin.
>
>#2 is to remove the existing pins and replace them with pins "the next
>size larger".
>
>#3 is the same as #2, but would replace all of the strings rather than
>reusing them.
 
>Bill Morton

Regards,
Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T.
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