A New Pinblock for the Mason
Hey Piano Friends,
Here are some pictures of our pin block replacement adventure last week. Judy and David Hughes from Baltimore Maryland came to share their expertise in this area of piano rebuilding...and we learned an awful lot. For one thing...when you are removing a plate from a piano...make sure to check under the decorative medallion for another screw! There were a few moments when we were all stumped...
It was a really intensive 2 days but we accomplished what we set out to do...and now we can move on to the next part of the process.
So here are some random photos of our pin block replacement from beginning to end!
This is the old pin block after we removed it from the piano. It was somewhat unusual because it had a two tier bass section and a really bizzarre angled notch between the bass and the treble.
Here I am cutting the notch with a small saw. Because the angle was so awkward we opted to use hand tools instead of the power tools to cut the notch.
We all took turns learning about and using the different tools needed to get the job done. I'm including the pictures that happened to be taken of me...but that does not mean that I did all the work...Yikes! We all worked together...and picked each others brains to find the solution when we faced problems.
Here is a picture of the block as we're fitting it to the plate flange. That is blue chalk that you see. We paint the plate with the chalk and then when we place the new block against it we can see where it touches...we repeatedly grind off the blue marks untill we reach a point when the entire (or most of the) block is blue when we put it together.
This is a picture of Anne Garee (our Piano Technology Professor) smiling as she looks at the fit of the new block against the stretcher. (Sorry Anne...I experienced some technical difficulties and I wasn't able to rotate you) This piano origionally had a block that did not touch the strecher. So as an improvment on the design...we decided to make it touch the stretcher. My, doesn't it look perty!
We are now preparing to put the plate back into the piano...Look who's at the controlls! We did this to make sure we had the block positioned correctly in the piano. Through this rebuilding project we need to ensure that we don't compromise the essence of the instrument. All the pieces need to go back in exactly the same place they came out of. No left over parts allowed!
Well that's about it for this installment. There will be more pictures and more stories. I hope all of you are keeping well...thank you for your e-mail messages. I appreciate all of them.
Untill next time...
:)
Here are some pictures of our pin block replacement adventure last week. Judy and David Hughes from Baltimore Maryland came to share their expertise in this area of piano rebuilding...and we learned an awful lot. For one thing...when you are removing a plate from a piano...make sure to check under the decorative medallion for another screw! There were a few moments when we were all stumped...
It was a really intensive 2 days but we accomplished what we set out to do...and now we can move on to the next part of the process.
So here are some random photos of our pin block replacement from beginning to end!
This is the old pin block after we removed it from the piano. It was somewhat unusual because it had a two tier bass section and a really bizzarre angled notch between the bass and the treble.
Here I am cutting the notch with a small saw. Because the angle was so awkward we opted to use hand tools instead of the power tools to cut the notch.
We all took turns learning about and using the different tools needed to get the job done. I'm including the pictures that happened to be taken of me...but that does not mean that I did all the work...Yikes! We all worked together...and picked each others brains to find the solution when we faced problems.
Here is a picture of the block as we're fitting it to the plate flange. That is blue chalk that you see. We paint the plate with the chalk and then when we place the new block against it we can see where it touches...we repeatedly grind off the blue marks untill we reach a point when the entire (or most of the) block is blue when we put it together.
This is a picture of Anne Garee (our Piano Technology Professor) smiling as she looks at the fit of the new block against the stretcher. (Sorry Anne...I experienced some technical difficulties and I wasn't able to rotate you) This piano origionally had a block that did not touch the strecher. So as an improvment on the design...we decided to make it touch the stretcher. My, doesn't it look perty!
We are now preparing to put the plate back into the piano...Look who's at the controlls! We did this to make sure we had the block positioned correctly in the piano. Through this rebuilding project we need to ensure that we don't compromise the essence of the instrument. All the pieces need to go back in exactly the same place they came out of. No left over parts allowed!
Well that's about it for this installment. There will be more pictures and more stories. I hope all of you are keeping well...thank you for your e-mail messages. I appreciate all of them.
Untill next time...
:)
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