Rebuild Project - suggestions?

[Greg Newell]

We are in complete agreement in thought and practice. Thanks for the 
detailed input. I tend toward brevity and can be misunderstood. Sorry for 
the confusion.

Greg Newell


At 10:59 AM 10/13/2005, you wrote:
>Not sure what you mean.  I do insert new pins.  But only after sanding the
>bridge flat and renotching which gives a much better result, looks better
>too.   If you swab the holes with epoxy first you can redrill with the bit
>size for the original size pins (not the original pins themselves).  There
>is no need to go up in size unless, of course, the size was inadequate to
>begin with--which it sometimes is.  Nothing smaller than 7's in the treble,
>8's in the tenor, 9's for the bichords and 10's for the mono's is my
>preference.
>
>More and more I am recapping the capo section as a standard procedure.
>Prior to sanding the tenor and bass bridge flat, I clean off the old dag
>with denatured alcohol and a rag.  Then, when you sand the bridge top, you
>get down to that really nice looking aged maple.  When the whole thing is
>done I shoot the bridge, cap and all, with a light coat of lacquer and just
>leave the wood to show--no dag, no filing pins flat.  Looks great, works
>great.
>
>David Love
>davidlovepianos@comcast.net
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf
>Of Greg Newell
>Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 7:44 AM
>To: Pianotech
>Subject: RE: Rebuild Project - suggestions?
>
>David,
>          One question. Why? New pins accomplish the same thing with a lot
>less hassle and they look better. Pulling old pins never seems to be a
>problem around here. They generally come out quite easily without chipping
>the cap at all. When the occasional one is tight and comes out badly I will
>effect the repair as you've described but still with a new pin which then
>provides a new pin surface for the string to ride against.
>
>Greg Newell
>
>
>At 10:57 PM 10/12/2005, you wrote:
> >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
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