help now, SVP

[Jon Page]

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New pins which I've mic'd are 20 or 21.

I thought that was a little large.

Jon Page


At 11:23 PM 09/12/2000 -0400, you wrote:
>C'mon, folks! Parts you get from suppliers amount to kit materials. No
>manufacturer can possibly put together an action center and get the friction
>right for every possible environment. I've routinely repinned entired sets of
>shanks AND wippens(!). Routinely. IMO, there's no such thing as "perfect,
>straight out of the box." That's fairy-tale stuff.
>
>Come to think of it, I think I got the impression that the centerpin you 
>see, in
>a fresh box of parts, is actually just a sizing pin. That it's *supposed* 
>to be
>replaced. I think it was someone at Renner (Germany) who said something like
>that. (Measure the pin - it's probably a #19 or smaller.)
>
>If you don't care to do the repinning yourself, perhaps you could hire & 
>train a
>student.
>
>Ron Torrella, RPT
>
>A440A@aol.com wrote:
>
> > In a message dated 9/13/0 12:49:24 AM, cramer@BrandonU.CA writes:
> >
> > << FYI, the tightest flange of this set swings 10-11 times with replacement
> >
> > hammer #01, and 19-20 times with hammer #65!
> >
> > I have a performance piano to put back in service, any advice? >>
> >
> > Get another set of flanges,  these are too loose to use.  If not 
> that,  then
> > repinning is the only other way I see.  I would like to know what supplier
> > this is.  If they are having trouble with their pinning, I don't want 
> to use
> > them.
> > Regards,
> > Ed Foote RPT

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