[CAUT] traveling refinements

[Jim Busby]

Conrad,

True. At a well-known university I found 4 papers under one side and 5 under the other. This was throughout the rail! When I asked the tech why, he looked at me like I was crazy. "Why NOT?! It doesn't hurt anything and it is a lot faster to NOT remove the screw, and just slip in another paper..." Different strokes for different folks I guess. I dunno. I just work here.

Best,
Jim

From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Conrad Hoffsommer
Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2011 12:28 PM
To: caut
Subject: Re: [CAUT] traveling refinements


The grumpy olde man in me says that the partial papering could also be just simply laziness and/or inattention as to how far the paper was under the flange.  Cross papering could also be the result of multiple people and/or traveling sessions.

I am NOT discounting the effects possible by careful work.

Conrad Hoffsommer



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From: jim_busby at byu.edu
To: caut at ptg.org
Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2011 11:30:56 -0700
Subject: Re: [CAUT] traveling refinements
Hi Barbara,

Yes, the shape of the flange actually helps by giving you more "angles". The main thing is the "cross-papering" you can do when the flange actually needs to twist slightly. Paper can be place on the front/one side, and kitty-corner on the opposite side. This actually can line up the hammer (usually when the flange is "cocked" a bit) and travel at the same time. So, in a nutshell not only can you "tilt" the flange as in traveling, but you can slightly alter the direction. Is that what you mean? Hope that is useful.

Best,
Jim

From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Barbara Richmond
Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2011 10:57 AM
To: caut
Subject: [CAUT] traveling refinements

Greetings list:

I'm very familiar with traveling Steinway parts, but not flat flanges.  Are there refinements to traveling them--other than just placing the traveling paper to one side or the other and the proximity to the flange hole?  When I removed parts from the hammer rail of an action I'm working on, I noticed that sometimes paper was placed for or aft and not often the entire length of the flange.  I understand the different widths of the paper, but not the for and aft placement on flat flanges.

Thanks,

Barbara Richmond, RPT
near Peoria, Illinois
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