Pulling key pins, was key bushings

[Joe And Penny Goss]

Pianotech has the tool!
Joe Goss
imatunr@srvinet.com
www.mothergoosetools.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Tanner" <jtanner@mozart.sc.edu>
To: "College and University Technicians" <caut@ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, December 20, 2002 7:25 AM
Subject: Re:Pulling key pins, was key bushings


> Fred, list,
> I wish I could remember where I saw it, perhaps at one of the vendor's
> tables at the recent North Carolina Regional, but somewhere I've seen a
> tool designed specifically for pulling key pins.
>
> Anybody know what I'm talking about, where I might have seen it, who
offers
> it, or whether it's worth it?
>
> Thanks for the great post Fred.  Now, if I could only order some center
> pins and bushing cloth for those practice room grands.
>
> Jeff
>
>
> Fred wrote:
> >    BTW, for anyone who doesn't know, the easy way to remove key pins is
> >to use
> >a pair of "dikes" (the auto mechanic's term for diagonal cutting pliers)
> >and a
> >piece of 1/4 - 3/8" dowel or square stock. Use the wood as a fulcrum,
> >about 1/2"
> >away from the pin. Grab the pin with the tip of the dikes at the pin's
> >bottom and
> >pry up about 3/16". Release and grab again at the bottom. Three pries and
> >it's
> >out. Pound in the new one. Half a minute, max. No sweat, no cussing
(compared
> >to pulling with pliers or vice grips). _Grab_ the pin with the dikes.
Make
> >a dimple
> >in each side. No slip that way. You're going to throw it away.
>
>
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