[pianotech] action parts

[Susan Kline]

Replacing is best, I'm sure.

It's probable that the 22 center pin was used because the birdseye was 
already cracked.

Susan

Richard W. Bushey wrote:
> I did one of these yesterday, hairline crack below the bird's eye on a 
> Baldwin Acrosonic jack.
>
> I was told that the pin was creeping, so I was expecting a rebushing 
> job and new pin, but wound up having to replace the jack as well.
>
> Somewhere along the line, someone had used a #22 or so pin, pretty 
> large anyway, which likely caused the crack.  I did CA the hairline 
> crack in the bird's eye first, which worked super, however, because 
> the piano had been played with the pin out of one side of the flange 
> bushing until it couldn't any longer be played, it had reamed out and 
> deformed the bird's eye hole in the jack so much that when I rebushed 
> the flange, repinned it, and reinstalled the whippen, the jack sat 
> severely crooked to one side. I happened to have the proper jack on 
> hand, so I was able to replace the jack and that worked nicely, but 
> was ever glad I had the spare jack with me, as I was over 50 mi. from 
> home.
>
> So, yes, you never know.
>
> If there is a neat fix for this besides replacing the jack, I'd be all 
> ears!
>
>
> Richard W. Bushey
> Richard's Piano Service
> www.RichardsPianoService.com
> www.RichardsPianoService.com/blog
> Rbushey at RichardsPianoService.com
>
> 573-765-9903
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jon Page" <jonpage at comcast.net>
> To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
> Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2013 8:00 PM
> Subject: Re: [pianotech] action parts
>
>
>> Before you go ordering parts, find out exactly what the problem is. 
>> If it only needs repinning, you'd have a useless wippen on your hands.
>>
>> -- 
>> Regards,
>>
>> Jon Page
>>
>
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