a success!

[Michael Gamble]

Hello Conrad & List
You said:  The only Brinsmead grand I ever had to deal with had 
screw-stringers... ;-}
Been there as well - it was in Sussex University - had to take a tubular 
spanner and ordinary ring spanner to tune it. There was a block attached 
inside where you normally find the top turn-buckle and this was where 
Brinsmeads used to put the special tuning tools. Never saw any though...
The fun came when a string broke! Guaging how much excess to allow for in 
that screw-stringer-thingy was quite an achievement! ;-)
Regards
Michael G.(UK)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Conrad Hoffsommer" <hoffsoco@luther.edu>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 11:27 AM
Subject: Re: a success!


> Michael G,
>
> At 04:43 3/8/2005, you wrote:
>>Hello Mark and List
>>Yet another type of wrest pin is "bifurcated" and has a wedged insert. 
>>When you tap it on the top (with your punch and multi-tool hammer - for 
>>Joe's benefit :-] ) the wedge is forced up in the end of the pin thust 
>>expanding it. The down side is you cannot get these out of the block. 
>>Found in some Brinsmead grands.
>>Regards
>>Michael G.(UK)
>
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> The only Brinsmead grand I ever had to deal with had screw-stringers... 
> ;-}
> Yup, it was OLD.
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> On this side of the pond, '20s/'30s WurliTzer had bifurcated tuning pins 
> but the wedge was/is very accessible from below the pinblock. They also 
> have locking nuts to keep the wedges tight and in place. The rest of the 
> piano may be toast, but, by golly, them pins are tight!
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> Conrad Hoffsommer, RPT, MPT, CCT, PFP, ACS, CRS.
> Decorah, IA
>
> - Certified Calibration Technician for Bio-powered Digitally Activated
>   Lever Action Tone Generation Systems.
> - Pianotech Flamesuit Purveyor
> - American Curmudgeon Society - Apprentice Member and Founder
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