Mark, I'd suspect that with as much play as you are describing that you've got a mismatch between the hinge and the pin. See if you can't figure that out and then (hopefully) just order the proper pin. Worst case scenario I suppose would be having to replace the hinge/pin assy. But, I'd bet you could just mic the pin and find one that is slightly larger. And, as Ed suggests, give a call to M&H. William R. Monroe On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 6:58 PM, Mark Dierauf <pianotech at nhpianos.com> wrote: > > I have a new Mason & Hamlin AA where the long lid hinge has quite a bit of > play between the pin and the hinge halves. The remedies that I have heard > for this problem in the past are to remove the pin and put a gentle bend in > it or else to slather it with vasoline or something similar. Can anyone > comment on the efficacy of either of these methods or offer alternative > suggestions? I don't think that bending the pin will help in this case, as > there really is quite a lot of movement between the pin and the hinge, and I > don't really like the idea of smearing vasoline around. > > - Mark > -- > My uncle George had discovered that alcohol was a food well in advance of > modern medical thought. > > *-- P. G. Wodehouse - The Delayed Exit of Claude and Eustace (1923)* > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20090808/71dd5db8/attachment.htm>
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