Thanks for your response, Kent. I was going to call today, but time got away. So, did I screw them all up? Should I be concerned that the friction stay where I put it? Thanks, Barbara Richmond ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kent Webb" <kw88keys@yahoo.com> To: <ed440@mindspring.com>; "College and University Technicians" <caut@ptg.org> Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 10:48 PM Subject: RE: [CAUT] Fw: mystery center pinning > Hello All, > > It's not often I get a chance to view the list but I > did see this post and can confirm what Ed wrote. The > S&S spec for center pins torque is 1-4 grams but I > have seen many sets work fine at less than one gram. > Like many of you, I was accustomed to a higher torque > (more like 4-6 grams) but S&S uses a dense felt with a > teflon extender that enables very low friction while > maintaining a firm control. A great advantage of this > is accelerated up-weight and, from my expereince, when > many pianists say they want a lighter touch they are > really trying to tell us they want the keys to stay > with their fingers as they lift from the keys. The > higher the upweight, the faster the key will stay with > thier fingers on the return to full at-rest position. > > Hope this helps. > Kent Webb > > --- Ed Sutton <ed440@mindspring.com> wrote: > >> I believe what you have are parts behaving according >> to current genuine Steinway factory standards, i.e. >> "swing as many times as possible as long as there is >> no wobble side to side." >> Others of greater authority than I will either >> confirm or demolish this statement. >> >> Ed S. >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Barbara Richmond >> To: College and University Technicians >> Sent: 12/3/2004 11:17:25 PM >> Subject: [CAUT] Fw: mystery center pinning >> >> >> Yet another question, folks, >> >> I had to repin all the Steinway shanks I recently >> installed. When they came, they were the best >> examples of perpetual motion machines I had ever >> seen. Well, golly, almost all of them have loosened >> up again!--not to their original state, but much >> looser than I find acceptable. (The piano got used a >> couple of times while work was in progress.) Dang, >> I've never had this happen before---am I in the >> twilight zone? I couldn't believe my eyes. Would >> shrinking the cloth help before I pin....again? I >> do have plenty of high quality bushing cloth on >> hand.......groan. >> >> Also, I was surprised the first time I repinned to >> find that the center pins were all .052. That >> seemed sort of big for original pinning. I replaced >> them with .053. Now I feel like I'm going to end up >> using telephone poles to get them right. Here I >> thought I was almost done with this job and now >> this...... :-( >> >> Help! >> >> Barbara Richmond, RPT > > _______________________________________________ > caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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