Oops, that should be "Should I be concerned that the friction didn't stay where I put it?" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barbara Richmond" <piano57@flash.net> To: "College and University Technicians" <caut@ptg.org> Cc: <kw88keys@yahoo.com> Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 10:59 PM Subject: Re: [CAUT] Fw: mystery center pinning > 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 >> > > > _______________________________________________ > caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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