Barbara Richmond wrote: > Hi list, > > Just for the heck of it, is there anything I could be doing wrong when > repinning centers that would make the initially acceptable pinning get > looser? > > Feeling sort of spooked by it all...... The only thing I can think of is that you didnt burnish good enough. If you dont mind a suggestion,,, then try this one on for size. Take your standard burnishing tool and dip the tip into some teflon powder. Work some of this into the bushings. Then burnish rather aggressively and pin a bit tighter then you are used too. File a bit of both ends of the center pin... the heat this creates seems to help matters. Then work the bushing center pin a few times and install. 3-4 swings initially is just fine. Gauge the results over the next couple days... if they tighten up then you need to use a size smaller pin or burnish just a bit more aggressively. You choose yourself which of these seems most reasonble to do. Hope this helps Cheers RicB > > Barbara Richmond > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Barbara Richmond <mailto:piano57@flash.net> > *To:* Pianotech <mailto:pianotech@ptg.org> > *Sent:* Friday, December 03, 2004 9:42 PM > *Subject:* mystery center pinning > > Yet another question, folks, > > I had to repin all the Steinway shanks I recently installed. When > they came, they were the best examples of perpetual motion > machines I had ever seen. Well, golly, almost all of them have > loosened up again!--not to their original state, but much looser > than I find acceptable. (The piano got used a couple of times > while work was in progress.) Dang, I've never had this happen > before---am I in the twilight zone? I couldn't believe my > eyes. Would shrinking the cloth help before I pin....again? Grrrr. >
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