Ron N & RicB, Thanks for the input. I'll look at it from a forensics point of view. I think there is an old pinblock in the shop that didn't get burned in campfires this summer. Dave Davis ----- Original Message ---- From: Dave Davis dave at davispiano.com > Has anyone done a study of the negative effects that occur to a tuning > pin or the pinblock while tuning? I service a new-ish 7' Bosendorfer for > a Boeing engineer, who is a hobbist with older uprights and we've been > discussing the rigors the pin endures while being twisted and flexed, > and also the affect on the pinblock. > > Dave Davis, RPT > Renton, WA <From: Ron Nossaman <rnossaman at cox.net> Depends on what you mean by a "study". Sans committee, the effect on the pin will be inconsequential, and the effect on the block will be nearly so. By far, the greatest damage to the pinblock (not done at instillation) occurs with humidity swings over time. Ron N <From: RicB> I dont think there has been any formal study. But you dont need to look much further then your first set of removed pins to see what can happen. Pins bent, grooves often worn flat... then there is this tendancy for the holes to develope a kind of glaze-ing resulting in jerky pins. I've heard it speculated on that this can have something to do with tuning styles. You could put some psuedo-math/physics on the table and look very coarsly at the kinds of stress levels that happen under different kinds of twisting forces from the tuning hammer.... but I think it would be difficult to conclude anything certain one way or the other. But it might be fun ! Cheers RicB > Has anyone done a study of the negative effects that occur to a tuning > pin or the pinblock while tuning? I service a new-ish 7' Bosendorfer for > a Boeing engineer, who is a hobbist with older uprights and we've been > discussing the rigors the pin endures while being twisted and flexed, > and also the affect on the pinblock. > > Dave Davis, RPT > Renton, WA -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20061105/55fc082c/attachment.html
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