Am I being too anal?

[Joseph Garrett]

Mark,
Yes, I could do that. But, why the hell should I? Who's going to pay for
that time spent? I've already put excess time into repinning NEW parts,
which I shouldn't have to do, but have resigned myself that it needs to be
done in order to have a good end-result. The simple fact remains, that if I
do anything to remove the "tit", it will remove the plating. I "could" do
all that and then coat them with emralon, which would do it, but, again,
why & who pays. My main purpose, for posting this problem is not to cast
dispersions on S&S, but rather to get some input and give everyone else a
"heads up" to the problem. I suppose I could contact Kent Webb and see what
he says, but I've not had good experience dealing with him, in the
past...(i.e.Baldwin problems). So, I'm still in a quandry as to the "best"
way to resolve this.

Joe Garrett, R.P.T. (Oregon)
Captain, Tool Police
Squares R I



> [Original Message]
> From: Mark Schecter <schecter at pacbell.net>
> To: <joegarrett at earthlink.net>; Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org>
> Date: 4/29/06 12:16:41 PM
> Subject: Re: Am I being too anal?
>
> Hi, Joe.
>
> Could you use a strip of emery cloth about 400-800 and smooth the 
> surface that way? Seems like a couple-three strokes ought to get rid of 
> it. Maybe do one pass through the set with 400, and another with 800 to 
> polish. (But, yeah, what a pain!)
>
> -Mark Schecter
>
> Joseph Garrett wrote:
> > I'm working on an S&S "A". Ordered Steinway N.Y. "Improved" parts.
While 
> > repinning over half of the Hammer Flanges, I kept getting 'poked' on
the 
> > finger tip, as I "worked" the flanges, before measuring with my gram 
> > gauge set-up. Upon closer examination I found that a large percentage
of 
> > the drop screws have a "tit" in the center of the drop screw contact 
> > surface! Upon real close examination, I see maching marks leading to
the 
> > "tit" which are rough. (the plating doesn't smooth that out). I 
> > consulted S&S and got another set of drop screws....Same damned thing! 
> > Now what?!!!!
>
>
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