Rogerio Cunha wrote: > > I am working in an old upright German piano that has normal wood flanges and > butts. The problem is that when you tight the butt place against the butt in > order to fix the butt in the center pin, the pin stays loose from the butt > because the wood of the butt on the place where the center pin make contact > with it is used up and so you can't tight the center pin against it. > I would like to know the best way to correct this if you can't change the butts. > Rogerio Cunha - IC Piano Technician Guild member - Brasil Rogerio, I think you need to get the set of various sized center pins available from the supply houses up here, so that you can put a larger pin in the hinge and butt to tighten it up. You also need the reamer set to fit the bushing felt to the new pin. I don't understand what you mean by "Butt place". Hope this helps, Warren -- Warren D. Fisher fish@communique.net Registered Piano Technician Piano Technicians Guild New Orleans Chapter 701
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