How much tuning pin in pinblock?

[Marcel Carey]

Gee Ron,

You shure are using SHORT pins 1"1/2... You probably meant 2"1/2

Maybe you aren't awake yet... ;-)

Marcel Carey

> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : pianotech-bounces at ptg.org 
> [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] De la part de Ron Nossaman
> Envoyé : 25 mars 2007 09:52
> À : Pianotech List
> Objet : Re: How much tuning pin in pinblock?
> 
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> 
> > Hello -
> > I'm rebuilding a Knabe, which had a 1 1'2" thick block (thicker in
> > bass)  and plate thickness at webbing which ranges from 
> .22" to .35".  
> > At what seems like reasonable coil distance from plate, 
> there is only 
> > about 1" of pin in the block (using 2 3/8" pins).  How much of pin 
> > should ideally be in block?  or is that an answerable question?
> > Thanks
> > 
> > David Skolnik
> 
> 
> For me, it depends on the block. A softer block like the 5-11 
> ply can use some support from a longer 1 1/2" pin. Delignit, 
> I'd use a 1 3/8 or 1 1/4, and the Falconwood or Baldwin 
> blocks, definitely 1 1/4. It's easier to get a smooth turning 
> uniform fit with a shorter pin in the granite blocks. For my 
> Delignit capped multilam composite block, I like the 1 3/8".
> 
> Ron N
>