[CAUT] Steinway Technical

Andrew Anderson andrew at andersonmusic.com
Fri Aug 4 09:23:54 MDT 2006


I pull the felt punching off to make sure it stays clean.  Below 
that, I haven't come to worry about yet.

Andrew

At 08:32 AM 8/3/2006, you wrote:
>Me, I just do the top. I guess I can see an argument for doing the 
>bottom, but it seems far more trouble than it is worth. We don't 
>want to encourage the keys to pop up and down (though if they pop up 
>- and we see by high speed videography that they do - we want them 
>to fall back down). I think if the pin is bad enough to need it at 
>the bottom, it should probably be replaced. It's bushing longevity, 
>plus keeping bushing friction to a minimum while maintaining close 
>tolerances, that I am focused on.
>Regards,
>Fred Sturm
>University of New Mexico
><mailto:fssturm at unm.edu>fssturm at unm.edu
>
>
>
>On Aug 2, 2006, at 7:15 PM, Alan McCoy wrote:
>
>>
>>>(just concentrating on the areas of the pins that actually contact the
>>bushings).
>>
>>Hi Fred,
>>
>>Do you Flitz the pin at the bottom where pin contacts balance hole or just
>>around the top where pin contacts bushing?
>>
>>Alan
>>
>>
>>-- Alan McCoy, RPT
>>Eastern Washington University
>><mailto:amccoy at mail.ewu.edu>amccoy at mail.ewu.edu
>>509-359-4627
>>
>>

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