Repinning Tip was Re: Steinway double flange fitting to butts

[Farrell]

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Yeah, but the TIP of the full-size pin is smaller than the birdseye =
also! Just gotta get the "feel" of it.

Terry Farrell
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  Hmmm....it is smaller in diameter than the birdseye...Hmmm?

  David I.



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  Hmmmm. Okay, but now how do you get the straight piece of piano wire, =
or a smooth round burnishing tool, through the whole assembly, without =
ramming it through hard rock maple?  Hmmmmmm???

  FWIW, I just push the pin through without any guide. I pre-align by =
eye, sometimes wiggle just a little, and don't seem to have a problem =
getting the pin in the birdseye without jamming it into the wood =
(although I have done that early-on before developing an eye for =
pre-insertion-alignment).

  Terry Farrell
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    I get tired of fussing with pin, press, flange, and birdseye--trying =
to align the parts and insert the pin without trying to ram it through =
hard rock maple--so I have a foolproof little system. (And it works for =
me which proves that any fool can do it.)

    I run a thin, straight piece of piano wire, or a smooth round =
burnishing tool, through the whole assembly, then pull the wire back =
while guiding the pin through the first side of the flange and slightly =
into the birdseye. Then press the pin on through, pushing the wire or =
tool the rest of the way out. The wire/tool keeps everything aligned so =
the pin centers every time, and it's fast.

    Alan Barnard
    Salem, Missouri
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