WNG (Mason & Hamlin) has those nice, new anodized aluminum replacements, that never need lubrication... --Cy-- Cy Shuster, RPT Albuquerque, NM www.shusterpiano.com On Nov 10, 2009, at 5:34 PM, Chuck Behm wrote: > > >Chuck...center rail? Balance rail key pins? You can hammer > those out from below...but that must not be what you're talking > about?< > > Aha! Thanks, David for helping me see the obvious. I've tried > pulling them out from the top with vise grips, and twisting them > back and forth. If they're tight, however, this doesn't work very > well and I'm always afraid of damaging the hole. I never thought to > turn the keyframe upside down and simply tap the pins out. I'm > getting too old for creative thinking, apparently. > Usually I polish the pins without removing them. This piano, > however, sat in a factory for several decades, however, and the mice > who lived there treated the pins like tiny fire hydrants. And there > were a lot of mice, let me tell you. Anyway, the pins are corroded > up the wazoo, so there's no point of trying to simply polish them. > I'll tap them out, and replace with new. Thanks again. Chuck -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20091110/b1a96c58/attachment.htm>
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