<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <TITLE>Message</TITLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.5730.11" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=984045816-30102006>Greetings all --</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=984045816-30102006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=984045816-30102006>I have a customer with a Young Chang G-175 on which I'm going to go in and do some regulating. It's a 1987 so I know that it's in the middle of the growing action brackets years, but so far it shows little, if any, signs of this happening. </SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=984045816-30102006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=984045816-30102006>Most of the hammer flanges in this piano are too tight, giving from one to two swings at best. <SPAN class=984045816-30102006>Today's question is about hammer flanges. </SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=984045816-30102006><SPAN class=984045816-30102006></SPAN></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=984045816-30102006><SPAN class=984045816-30102006>If a flange is too loose, the bushing would usually need to be re-pinned, yes? That said...</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=984045816-30102006><SPAN class=984045816-30102006></SPAN></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=984045816-30102006><SPAN class=984045816-30102006>I understand that there are three ways to deal with too-tight flanges:</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=984045816-30102006><SPAN class=984045816-30102006>    1) repin - remove the old pin, replace and/or ease the bushing and repin</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=984045816-30102006><SPAN class=984045816-30102006>    2) lubricate - with Protek, Goose-Juice, Naphtha+Silicon, etc.</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=984045816-30102006><SPAN class=984045816-30102006>    3) ease - Alcohol and water</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=984045816-30102006><SPAN class=984045816-30102006></SPAN></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=984045816-30102006><SPAN class=984045816-30102006>What would you consider to be the requirements for any of these treatments? In other words, why and when do you choose one of these treatments over the others?</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=984045816-30102006><SPAN class=984045816-30102006></SPAN></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=984045816-30102006><SPAN class=984045816-30102006>In the case of this Young Chang, the bushings and pins are clean, showing no signs of verdigris. </SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=984045816-30102006><SPAN class=984045816-30102006></SPAN></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=984045816-30102006><SPAN class=984045816-30102006>Looking forward to the discussion.</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=984045816-30102006><SPAN class=984045816-30102006></SPAN></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=984045816-30102006><SPAN class=984045816-30102006>-- Geoff Sykes</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=984045816-30102006><SPAN class=984045816-30102006>-- Assoc. Los Angeles</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>