plate pin

[Mark Wisner]

I had the same thing happen just once before; on a Kimball grand in the 70's.  Kimball's service guy at the time, Ray Reuter, sent me a standard Kimball hitch pin and advised me to install the new hitch pin a respectable distance behind the original.  Drill an undersized hole straight down, tap the pin in, and then bend it  over with a hammer.
I recall filling the original hole with Bondo then painting over the patch with bronzing powder or something like it.


Mark Wisner

-----Original Message-----
From: richard.ucci@att.net
Sent: Nov 8, 2005 4:59 PM
To: pianotech@ptg.org
Subject: plate pin

Hi List,

Went to fix what I thought was going to be a broken string on a Kimball grand (70's) and found that the hitch pin had been pulled out from the plate. I tried tapping it back into the hole, but it pulled out again when tension was back on the strings.

The pin was bent and had grooves on it, should I replace with a new pin? and what is the proper procedure for this repair. The pin is located at the break just before the high treble.

Thanks,
Rick Ucci/Ucci Piano  
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