---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment While I've never repinned a whole piano, I'm about to(the old S and S upright with Verdigris...:-). And I find this discussion fascinating. It seems that there are as many opinions about proper pinning of new flanges as there are technicians. I'm getting ideas about ways to go about pinning/repinning certain pianos that I work on regularly. I have seen nothing etched in stone, other than that preferences vary from tech to tech. It makes more sense for each technician to determine what the individual player likes and base the friction weight on that. It is, after all, the client's piano. Thanks, all, for offering so many different ways of seeing a problem. Dave Stahl In a message dated 8/24/04 8:21:35 PM Pacific Daylight Time, BobDavis88@aol.com writes: > > Avery asks: > > >> Wasn't there recently a discussion about the "new" way that Steinway is >> recommending >> pinning their actions. Very "loose" as compared to the traditional methods, >> as I >> > and Thump writes: > > >> I'm with Sarah in >> that I think utterly slop-free bushings with minimal >> > > Their (Steinway's) idea is exactly that. They are talking 2-4 gms or 1-3, > depending upon with whom you talk and when. They say the difference is the > Teflon impregnation, which allows low friction but a firm bushing. Many pianists > seem to like the feel. > > There seem to be two arguments for a traditional 4-5 gram fit: truer > guidance of the flight of the hammer (taken care of by a lower friction material?), > and higher friction to make the spring tighter, which in turn makes the jack > return faster. Among my clientele I'm not seeing a clear preference. > > Bob Davis > ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/fe/09/12/8e/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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