Rebuild Project - suggestions?

[David Love]

I prefer to pull the old pins, if you don't need to recap then sand the
bridge flat (to the bottom of the old grooves), renotch, paint on a layer of
very low viscosity epoxy and swab the old holes at the same time.  When
cured, sand the top down flat again to smooth out the epoxy coating, redrill
the old holes using the appropriate drill for the original size pin (the
epoxy coating allows you to do this without chipping out the cap), renotch
and repin securing the pins with epoxy or CA, your choice.  Clean up the
agraffes and capo bar and those terminations really terminate.  

David Love
davidlovepianos@comcast.net 

-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Greg Newell
Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2005 7:46 PM
To: Pianotech
Subject: Re: Rebuild Project - suggestions?


Why?
Well, first because you remove the string cut in the side of the old pin by 
replacing it and second you get a tighter fit between the bridge and the 
pin. Try it , I'm sure you'll like the results.

Greg Newell



At 07:55 PM 10/12/2005, you wrote:
>Ben, if it's a grand, please do re-string it, and consider replacing 
>the
>block...and resizing the bridge pins (Thanks Greg). Why?
>
>I know of a Howard Grand that is now at Sama getting a fresh coat of
>lacquer, and the work that was done to it before I started servicing it 
>was 1st rate. The person who did the work did not refinish it, probably at 
>the request of the previous owner, because I know for a fact their funds 
>were limited. This was a teacher's piano, and it has a warm, yet powerful 
>sound for a little guy.
>
>Just do it,
>
>-Phil
>
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Greg Newell
Greg's piano Forté
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