DUMMY PIN

[Lance Lafargue]

Susan et al,
Sorry- I don't mean to run this thing in the ground, but.....I understand
now why you cut the length of the pin.  Do you use the coil
maker?  Are *you* just putting a slot in the top if the pin?  With the dot
in
the exclamation point being the bottom of the string hole?  Why do some of
you cut from the bottom and not the top?  Is it just easier to cut, or some
other reason.  I cut for the slot from the top, but that was only because I
wasn't shortening the pin and the top was closer to the becket hole than
the bottom was.  Again, are you all using a coil maker if some kind?  I
wonder if after cutting the length of the pin, dipping it/coating it at
it's bottom with that rubber stuff you see advertised for adding rubber
grips to tools would help further minimize plate damage? Or sliding on a
short piece of tubing that fits snuggly over the bottom tip? 

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Lance Lafargue, RPT
New Orleans Chapter
Covington, LA.
lafargue@iamerica.net

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> From: Susan Kline <skline@proaxis.com>
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: Re: DUMMY PIN
> Date: Thursday, June 11, 1998 11:37 AM
> 
> At 02:36 PM 6/11/98 -0300, you wrote:
> >Thanks to all. Jim that's all right and I think that all the service may
> >be done without  slot.  Rogerio Cunha - IC Member of the Guild - Rio de
> >Janeiro
> >
> >
> 
> Hi, Rogerio
> 
> Yes, I use a dummy pin without the slot for removal. You have to take
each
> coil off by pulling the becket loose. I use needle-nose pliers.
> 
> However, I did shorten the pin. It's handier when you have to make a coil
> very near the agraffe or bearing. After I cut the pin short with a
hacksaw,
> I rounded over the edges with my grinder. 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Susan
> Susan Kline
> P.O. Box 1651
> Philomath, OR 97370
> skline@proaxis.com
> 
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