hitch pin installation

[Erwinspiano at aol.com]

Hi Bob
  I'd be interested to know how this turned out.  Especially if there is no 
transition bridge involved.  I've done this with  trichords with some success.  
IE better than nothing not as good as trans  bridge. IMO
  Dale
 

When additional, or differently located hitch pins
need  to be installed, how much difference in diameter
do you drill the hole  compared to the size of the pin?

This is for a regular pin and not a  roll pin. The
present pins are .168 in dia. I don't know if I have
that  size - I just have some of PianoTeks 2 sizes.

Do you drive the new pin  in as a force fit?  Is epoxy
suggested?  

This is for a  Steinway B on which I'm adding pins for
new wound bichords replacing the 3  low tenor plain
unisons.  

Also, what would you think about  german loops in this
situation?  Would the bridge benefit from that  or
would the decrease in downbearing be undesirable?  

I did  some archive research but this may clarify a
couple of things for me.   

Thanks for your input.

Bob Hull


 



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