Front Rail Pins

[Greg & Mary Ellen Newell]

On Mon, 26 Aug 1996 11:09:18 -0500, Avery Todd wrote:

>Hi,
>   For future reference, does anyone know of a source for front rail pins
>larger than .174 at the base (the part driven into the key frame)? Pianotek
>lists their's at .145 and Schaff doesn't even say what the size is,
>although
>the ones I have (.174) probably came from there.
>   I wanted to replace the pins, so I took one out to check the size and the
>old pin is .177 in diameter. The new ones I have, at .174, just drop down
>into the hole! I think I'm just going to clean them up as best I can and
>reuse the old ones.
>   Since I don't really want to shim all the holes to make them tight, does
>anyone have a better idea? Some are pretty rusty and should be replaced.
>The one I pulled out, I "had" to shim and replace.
>   Thanks for any help/ideas. Again!
>
>Avery
>
>
>_____________________________________
>Avery Todd, RPT
>Moores School of Music
>University of Houston
>Houston, TX 77204-4893
>713-743-3226
>atodd@uh.edu
>_____________________________________
>
>
I don't know how critical the application is but what about getting
the existing pins replated?
				Greg
Greg & Mary Ellen Newell
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