This is a multipart message in MIME format ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Hmmm....it is smaller in diameter than the birdseye...Hmmm? David I. Original message From: Farrell To: Pianotech Received: Sun, 4 Sep 2005 05:48:24 -0400 Subject: Re: Repinning Tip was Re: Steinway double flange fitting= to butts Hmmmm. Okay, but now how do you get the straight piece of piano= wire, or a smooth round burnishing tool, through the whole= assembly, without ramming it through hard rock maple? = Hmmmmmm??? FWIW, I just push the pin through without any guide. I pre-align= by eye, sometimes wiggle just a little, and don't seem to have a= problem getting the pin in the birdseye without jamming it into= the wood (although I have done that early-on before developing= an eye for pre-insertion-alignment). Terry Farrell ----- Original Message ----- I get tired of fussing with pin, press, flange, and= birdseye--trying to align the parts and insert the pin without= trying to ram it through hard rock maple--so I have a foolproof= little system. (And it works for me which proves that any fool= can do it.) I run a thin, straight piece of piano wire, or a smooth round= burnishing tool, through the whole assembly, then pull the wire= back while guiding the pin through the first side of the flange= and slightly into the birdseye. Then press the pin on through,= pushing the wire or tool the rest of the way out. The wire/tool= keeps everything aligned so the pin centers every time, and it's= fast. Alan Barnard Salem, Missouri ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/00/8c/64/2b/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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