Original pin block

[David Love]

BTW the Lo-Torque tuning pins sold by Pianotek come only in 2 3/8" length
which, I believe, was by design to match the original length of the pins on
the early Steinway pianos.

David Love
davidlovepianos at comcast.net
www.davidlovepianos.com

-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of David Love
Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 8:01 AM
To: 'Pianotech List'
Subject: RE: Original pin block

I was referring to your suggestion (and Jon Page’s) about increasing length
of the pin to 2 1/2".  The original Steinway pins I’m extracting are 2
3/8”.  The "typo" in the original text is probably an HTML conversion
problem.  I still believe you should stay with the original length when
increasing the diameter for the reasons stated.  People can, however, do
whatever they want.

David Love
davidlovepianos at comcast.net
www.davidlovepianos.com
-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of A440A at aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 7:33 AM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Re: Original pin block

Greetings,

Gee, I gotta take exception,perhaps there was a typo??

David writes:


You’ve received a couple of suggestion for going to 2 〓” pins as well as
up a size and I think you need to be cautious about that unless you are
reaming. If you don’t ream then the #3 (or larger) pin will extend deeper
into the hole originally drilled for a #2 pin but was not reached and
therefore expanded by the original pin. That can make the pin very tight at
the bottom of the hole and can create some rendering problems. So, if going
up in size in the original block I believe you should stick with the
original length.<<

    As I see it, a #3 pin is no longer than a #2, so I don't understand the
link between depth of wear and size of pin.  Also, it seems to me that most
Steinway pianos use a 2 1/2" pin to begin with.  Did I miss something, here?

regards,


Ed Foote RPT
http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html



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