Yeah...are they a standard size? David Ilvedson, RPT Pacifica, CA 94044 ----- Original message ---------------------------------------- From: "Cy Shuster" <cy at shusterpiano.com> To: pianotech at ptg.org Received: 11/10/2009 7:24:20 PM Subject: Re: [pianotech] Center (balance) rail pins >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
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