I've never understood personally the big deal... turn em and the keys side play is adjustable... and so what if already worn bushings get to last a few months longer. If the bushings need to get a bit slicker as well... the a syringe and some protek will do the job. As long it cant be shown that turning the pins has some detrimental affect on the key that makes putting new bushings in a real problem...then I dont see a big issue here. Turn em, and tell the customer its time to replace the bushings, and this will hold em over for a little while. As for some other technician coming along later and without further ado dropping the big criticisms over this... I kinda look at that as a breach of professional ethics myself. Just my two bits. RicB Jon Page wrote: > When this topic came up a few years ago I think it was Barrie Heaton > who looked up the patent and found that being able to turn the pin > to reduce lateral play was one purpose for the oval design by Erard. > > Regards, > > Jon Page, piano technician > Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. > mailto:jonpage@comcast.net > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. UiB, Bergen, Norway mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html http://www.hf.uib.no/grieg/personer/cv_RB.html
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