130 Year Old Piano Rebuild - Part 10 - Key Rail Pins

In this video in my series on restoring a 1890 Ivers & Pond upright piano, I install new balance rail pins and front rail pins. I had the help of my daughters for part of it. I made some tools out of scrap wood for aligning the pins and driving them to the correct depth. I also had to drill out the front rail pin holes for the larger size of the modern pins. As you will see in the video, I made a mistake early on with the front rail pins by not drilling them out. I had some issues with cracking on the front rail from driving in the new pins. I ended up using a #19 sized drill bit for the new pins, and it worked out nicely.