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Unbelievable! OK, I'll crawl back into my hole now! <br><br>
Avery Todd<br>
University of Houston4<br><br>
At 11:04 AM 6/22/2006, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">How do you untwist them? I
just rebushed a set of keys and some of the pins had been twisted.
I wasn't able to untwist any of them. I didn't have any tools that
didn't slip. Do you know of any tools that work for this? For
that matter, what tool did you use to twist them? <br>
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Thanks in advance,<br>
az<br><br>
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Porritt, David wrote: <br>
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<font face="Times New Roman, Times">You’re not missing anything.
That’s the reason the front rail pins are oblong and now round.
Replacing the bushings is a better solution but in a pinch I’ve turned
quite a few!<br>
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dp<br>
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</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=2>David M. Porritt<br>
<a href="mailto:dporritt@smu.edu">dporritt@smu.edu</a><br>
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<font face="Tahoma" size=2><b>From:</b>
<a href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org">pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</a>
[<a href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org" eudora="autourl">
mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Tom Sivak<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, June 22, 2006 10:31 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> pianotech<br>
<b>Subject:</b> twisting front rail key pins<br>
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List<br>
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I've always been told, "Don't twist the front key pins to eliminate
side motion on keys that have the key bushings worn out." And
I've always accepted that.<br>
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Last week I was at a composer/friend's house. He has a 1930s
Kimball grand, really worn out. I did a full regulation on the
piano, and he didn't want to pay for new key bushings, so I twisted them,
and the difference is wonderful. No side play on the keys, feels
like a million bucks.<br>
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Now I understand it would be unethical to do that to a piano and then
sell it, hiding a problem, but what's wrong with improving the play of a
piano by doing the same? Sure, it may accelerate wear on the
bushings, but the bushings are worn out now! They need replacing
already. All this does is extend the deadline and make the piano
play much better until D Day comes.<br>
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Am I missing something? What's the down side to this?<br><br>
Tom Sivak<br>
Chicago</font></blockquote></blockquote></body>
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