[CAUT] Fall board

[Fred S Sturm]

Hi David,
My standard procedure is to remove each hinge in turn, 
remove the hinge pin, make two bends in directions at 90 
degrees from one another using damper wire bender at 
points about 1/3 along the pin (subtle but significant 
bends), dip the pin in linseed oil, replace. So far this 
had worked. Until I started doing this to every single 
hinge and pin, I kept getting recurrence of the problem.
I'll add a detail about doing this efficiently: remove the 
whole flap from the fall by removing those hinge screws 
first (use an electric screwdriver), and then take the 
flap back to the shop where I have a vise and punch to 
remove the pins, and a small vial of linseed oil. Can you 
tell I've done this a few times <G>? Also, I make sure 
each hinge feels hard to oopen/close. If not, I take it 
apart and bend a wee bit more.
Regards,
Fred Sturm
University of New Mexico
On Mon, 15 Oct 2007 10:32:49 -0500
  "Porritt, David" <dporritt at mail.smu.edu> wrote:
> I have a "D" here with a fall board hinged front that I 
>can't get to
> stop buzzing.  I took it off and bent the hinge pins to 
>make them very
> tight and it still buzzed.  I finally broke down and 
>ordered new hinges
> from Steinway and it still buzzes.  If you move it out 
>of its
> hanging-straight-down position it stops but there's no 
>guarantee that it
> will stay there.  I've contemplated taking the thing 
>off, but that will
> leave 12 ugly holes where the hinge screws had been. 
> I've even
> contemplated gluing it on straight out like the smaller 
>pianos.  
> 
> 
> 
> Any suggestions??? 
> 
> 
> 
> dp
> 
> 
> 
> _________________________
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> David M. Porritt, RPT
> 
> Meadows School of the Arts
> 
> Southern Methodist University
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> Dallas, TX 75275
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> Phone 214 768-3976
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> dporritt at smu.edu
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