[pianotech] Key pins

[Ron Overs]

The two most common front pin dimensions are 3.5 and 3.7 mm. Most of 
the manufacturers outside of the US use 3.5 mm, which can be 
convenient when reconditioning a keyboard with damaged mortices. It 
often works out well to repair them using the 3.7 pins while resizing 
the key mortices to suit the bigger pin.

Of course, if you're a genuine-part junkie then you'll have no option 
but to use the original size pins.

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation has been totally hoodwinked 
by the local Steinway representative. A clause of my renewal contract 
for servicing the ABC pianos this year stated that we can only use 
genuine Steinway parts. The fact that I can source parts from the 
same company that Steinway use for the supply of their so-called 
genuine parts fell on deaf ears. So it looks very much like the ABC 
will be paying premium prices for genuine parts which are in some 
cases the identical part to our stock items in many cases.

Just yesterday I was speaking with a local technician who sourced 
agraffes from the Steinway representative. The parts supplied were 
intended to have the thread form of 7/32" by 36 tpi. Many of you will 
have experienced some of the contemporary agraffes which are alleged 
to be of this thread size, but are undersized. When the local 
technician complained to the Steinway rep' about the undersized 
agraffes, the representative is alleged to have said that he had 
another source from which he could order the parts. What is 
particularly interesting about this alleged response from the local 
S&S rep' is that this was the same person who was complaining ad 
nauseam to the ABC about me using non-genuine parts when rebuilding 
Steinway pianos. Do I detect something of a double standard here?

There's no doubt in my mind as to the lack of credibility of the 
genuine parts argument, unless of course you happen to be on the 
Steinway gravy train.

Ron O.


>Do you mean .146"?
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>That's what I've found unless rebuilt with  something bigger.... 
> Not sure of really old ones.
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