Knight balance rail pins

[alan forsyth]

Those sleeves are coated with Teflon.

AF

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Gamble" <michael@gambles.fsnet.co.uk>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 10:03 PM
Subject: Knight balance rail pins


> Hello all
> Recently I told you of the balance rail bushings in a 20 year old Challen
> vertical. These bushings were made of double-walled green plastic and were
> pushed into an over-sized slot in the top of the key. In that case the
> balance pin itself was a thinner diameter than normal.
> Today I came across another variation in balance rail pins. This was in a
> Knight K-10 about 30 years old. In this case the pin was again slightly
> smaller in diameter but had a plastic sleeve shrunk onto it. The key
> bushings were standard red cloth.
> Regards
> Michael G.(UK)
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