Pinblock fitting revisited

Erwinspiano@aol.com Erwinspiano@aol.com
Mon, 6 Feb 2006 20:31:41 EST


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Ted
   What kind of piano & are if there are no plate bushings  are the pins=20
touching the plate?
   Yamaha pianos have very little block contacting the flange.  Ask any one=20
who has replced one.
  Dale

I guess I didn=B9t explain myself too well in my  previous post on pinblock=20
fitting.  The answers I received so far ignored  the fact that the pinblock=20=
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plate flange fit had gaps in it and implied that  frequent tunings is the on=
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solution.  What I need to know is if there  is a situation where the pinbloc=
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to plate fit doesn=B9t matter.  This is  contrary to all I=B9ve been told an=
d all=20
I=B9ve read about over the years.  All replies will be appreciated.

Ted Simmons

What=B9s the latest on whether or not a pinblock should butt against  the pl=
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flange?  I have a customer who has a rebuilt piano that won=B9t  hold tune f=
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even a day and when I removed the action and checked the  pinblock-to-plate=20
fit I found gaps throughout, some as much as 1/8 inch.  Two weeks after I tu=
ned=20
it I found it over 20 cents flat and had to give  it a pitch raise.  A few=20
weeks later it was overly flat again and in need  of a pitch raise.  I expla=
ined=20
to the customer about the pinblock to  plate flange fit but he said that he=20
was told by the rebuilder that such a  thing was not important.  To top it o=
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he did some research and got  conflicting comments.  Some said the piano is=20=
OK=20
as is while others held  to the conviction that the gaps in the pinblock are=
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the problem with his  piano.  I need some backup in my assessment, either pr=
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or  con.

Ted Simmons
Viera, Florida=20


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