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Thanks! That tells me what my problem was with the offset key spacer
(# 464). That's pretty close to the the same tip, right?<br>
Amy<br>
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Porritt, David wrote:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Times New Roman"
size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: windowtext;">Schaff
Catalog page 40, Tool # 82
Capstan and key pin regulator. Do grab the pin below the stack of
punchings
though, so you won’t nick the pin.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Times New Roman"
size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">David M. Porritt</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org">pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</a> [<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org">mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</a>]
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">On Behalf Of </span></b>Amy Zilk<br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, June
22, 2006
11:05 AM<br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Pianotech List<br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: twisting
front rail
key pins</span></font><font color="black"><span
style="color: windowtext;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Times New Roman"
size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">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>
<br>
Thanks in advance,<br>
az<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<br>
Porritt, David wrote: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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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!<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org">pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</a> [<a
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<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">On Behalf Of </span></b>Tom Sivak<br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, June
22, 2006
10:31 AM<br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> pianotech<br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> twisting
front rail key
pins</span></font><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></p>
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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.<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Times New Roman"
size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">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.<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Times New Roman"
size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">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.<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Times New Roman"
size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Am I missing something?
What's the down side to
this?<br>
<br>
Tom Sivak<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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