[pianotech] Grams, swings and centre pin sizes [was Kawai parts - response]

Michael Magness IFixPianos at yahoo.com
Thu Jan 8 11:03:30 PST 2009


On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 7:45 AM, <A440A at aol.com> wrote:

> Dave writes:
> <<  No two technicians agree if this is a valid way to pin.  :-)  >>
>
>    Oh, but I do!   I have been pinning this way for a long time. It is
> fast,
> consistant, and matches the friction to the load.  It takes about 90
> minutes
> to repin a complete hammer line and for concert work, is a no-brainer.
>     I am tuning a piano this a.m. that I repinned in 1983.  I did it in the
> winter, and pinned the whole hammerline to swing 6 times, (I keep records
> on
> the school's repair work). It has been used a lot over the decades.  Last
> week,
> I found that 90% of the hammerflanges are still between 6 and 7 swings.
>  Two
> or three were loose as all get out, and one was tight.
>    Consistancy is where its at in pinning.  Pinning by swing can produce as
> consistant a "friction line" as any method I have tried and is faster on
> the
> bench than any of the others.  What's not to like?.
> Regards.
>
>
>
> Ed Foote RPT
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(snip)Consistancy is where its at in pinning.  Pinning by swing can produce
as
consistant a "friction line" as any method I have tried and is faster on the
bench than any of the others.  What's not to like?.
Regards.



Ed Foote RPT

What he said!!


Mike


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Michael Magness
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