twisting front rail key pins

[Avery]

Unbelievable! OK, I'll crawl back into my hole now!

Avery Todd
University of Houston4

At 11:04 AM 6/22/2006, you wrote:
>How do you untwist them?  I just rebushed a set of keys and some of 
>the pins had been twisted.  I wasn't able to untwist any of them.  I 
>didn't have any tools that didn't slip.  Do you know of any tools 
>that work for this?  For that matter, what tool did you use to twist them?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>az
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>Porritt, David wrote:
>>You're not missing anything.  That's the reason the front rail pins 
>>are oblong and now round.  Replacing the bushings is a better 
>>solution but in a pinch I've turned quite a few!
>>
>>dp
>>
>>David M. Porritt
>><mailto:dporritt at smu.edu>dporritt at smu.edu
>>
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>>From: <mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org>pianotech-bounces at ptg.org 
>>[mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Tom Sivak
>>Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2006 10:31 AM
>>To: pianotech
>>Subject: twisting front rail key pins
>>
>>List
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>>I've always been told, "Don't twist the front key pins to eliminate 
>>side motion on keys that have the key bushings worn out."  And I've 
>>always accepted that.
>>
>>Last week I was at a composer/friend's house.  He has a 1930s 
>>Kimball grand, really worn out.  I did a full regulation on the 
>>piano, and he didn't want to pay for new key bushings, so I twisted 
>>them, and the difference is wonderful.  No side play on the keys, 
>>feels like a million bucks.
>>
>>Now I understand it would be unethical to do that to a piano and 
>>then sell it, hiding a problem, but what's wrong with improving the 
>>play of a piano by doing the same?  Sure, it may accelerate wear on 
>>the bushings, but the bushings are worn out now!  They need 
>>replacing already.  All this does is extend the deadline and make 
>>the piano play much better until D Day comes.
>>
>>Am I missing something?  What's the down side to this?
>>
>>Tom Sivak
>>Chicago
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