Birdseye should be just tight enough not to wander out. That's what I was taught, anyway. Thump --- Terry <terry@farrellpiano.com> wrote: > The long centerpin wires can be used on any kind of > action center. You insert the pin in the normal way > - you just pull it through farther! When sizing new > bushings, you can daisy-chain a whole bunch of the > flanges (or whatever) on a wire. You roughen one end > with a file if you want to ream bushings. Pulling > the flange across the wire burnishes real nice. Pull > flange to other end and snip off. > > Terry Farrell > > Hello Jurgen, Terry et al.. > I am a bit puzzled as to how you insert a centre > pin that long. What is the principle involved here. > Is this only for butt-plated butts? I am used to the > shorter UK pins and cannot conceive a method. There > must be a special tool? Joe? > Regards from a sunny Sussex Downland village > Michael G.(UK) > > Terry Farrell wrote: > > I am in the process of repinning all action > centers on a set of wippens, and flanges on the > back-action. I like using the long Renner pinning > wire. Unfortunately, in the range of sizes I need to > work with, Renner only offers wire in 0.05 > millimeter increments. This fairly closely compares > to 0.002-inch increments. If I use the Renner wire, > and 1.30 mm wire (about 0.051-inch) is just a tad > too loose - it would be ideal to use 1.325 wire > (which would be roughly equal to a 0.052-inch), but > unfortunately, Renner only offers their wire in the > next size increment at 1.35 mm. > > My question is this - does jumping up 0.05 mm > (or 0.002-inch) significantly increase the risk of > splitting the birdseye? Obviously, if I used the > regular little individual center pins, I could limit > the jump to 0.025 mm (0.001-inch). Is this a big > deal or what? > > Terry Farrell > > Terry - > > I carry the European center rods. Presently, I > have over 20 sizes in stock, in increments of .025 > mm. > 1.325 mm is no problem. See the size > comparison chart on my website: > > http://www.pianofortesupply.com/centerpinsizes.html > > Remember, if you are looking for any specialty > item from Europe, I am the one who can supply it to > you. (Although I haven't branched out into > champagne yet.) > > Jurgen Goering > Piano Forte Supply > > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - Sign up for Fantasy Baseball. http://baseball.fantasysports.yahoo.com/
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