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<DIV><SPAN class=463231420-21102003><FONT face=Garamond =
color=#800000>Hi
Bob,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=463231420-21102003><FONT face=Garamond =
color=#800000>Well OK.
Thing of it is, do you know the specs here. How much deflection per how =
much
side pressure? I'm guessing that the only test people really use to =
check side
play is the old screwdriver blade, or brass rod, under the shanks gang =
style to
check for winking hammers indicating a loose center pin bushing. This is =
a good
test, but it is neither definitive nor quantitative, right? Also, =
whether a
loose center shows up on this test depends in part on how smooth the rod =
is as
well as how loose a bushing is. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=463231420-21102003><FONT face=Garamond =
color=#800000>Do you
have a different method to test for firmness of =
bushings?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=463231420-21102003><FONT face=Garamond =
color=#800000>Alan
McCoy</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> =
caut-bounces@ptg.org
[mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org]<B>On Behalf Of
</B>BobDavis88@aol.com<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, October 15, 2003 =
2:21
PM<BR><B>To:</B> caut@ptg.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: Pinning and
Tone<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0
face="Bookman Old Style" size=3 FAMILY="SERIF">In a message =
dated 10/15/2003
11:33:43 AM Pacific Standard Time, amccoy@mail.ewu.edu writes:<BR><BR>
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color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">But how does one test =
for firmness
in any<BR>quantitative, definitive =
way?<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR></FONT><FONT
lang=0 style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" face="Bookman Old =
Style"
color=#000000 size=3 FAMILY="SERIF"><BR>I'd say with side play. =
That's what
Steinway is doing in addition to friction measurement: measuring the =
amount of
deflection with a known amount of side pressure. Same objection - it =
only
measures both sides at once, but it provides a go - no-go =
gauge.<BR><BR>Bob
Davis</FONT> </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>