---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Yes, these have the dreaded graphite on them. I can't see any scoring, but my eyes aren't what they once were and I don't have a microscope at the shop. dave *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 6/14/02 at 5:23 PM Baldwin Yamaha Piano Centre wrote: Hi Dave, Something that tight has quite a lot of friction, friction generates heat, heat on metal causes expansion. Does this set of shanks have graphited bushing cloth? Examine the pins carefully for score lines. Just a random thought. Roger At 05:47 PM 6/14/02 -0500, you wrote: OK all you engineer types. I was repining some hammer flanges today on a Steinway that has been in a practice room. Action parts are Renner. It gets hard play 14+ hours a day. The action was rebuilt 4 years ago. Nearly all of the bushings were quite tight -- most 1 or 2 swings. A few had 3 swings and I was pinning for 4 so since the action had been in the shop (idle) for a couple of weeks, I thought maybe I could just vigorously work the shank a few seconds and it would swing 4. I'd hold the flange and make the hammer swing back and forth fairly forcefully for 5 or 6 seconds and then test it again. In each case the ones that previously would give 3 good swings, now only gave 1. The hammer dropped from horizontal to vertical and stopped dead. What made the bushings get tighter by simply working the flange? I'm stumped! dave _____________________________ David M. Porritt dporritt@mail.smu.edu Meadows School of the Arts Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX 75275 _____________________________ Roger _____________________________ David M. Porritt dporritt@mail.smu.edu Meadows School of the Arts Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX 75275 _____________________________ ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/86/c6/3d/0e/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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