<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><BR><DIV><DIV>On Oct 30, 2006, at 9:19 AM, Geoff Sykes wrote:</DIV><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="984045816-30102006"><SPAN class="984045816-30102006"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; ">I understand that there are three ways to deal with too-tight flanges:</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="984045816-30102006"><SPAN class="984045816-30102006"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; "> 1) repin - remove the old pin, replace and/or ease the bushing and repin</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="984045816-30102006"><SPAN class="984045816-30102006"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; "> 2) lubricate - with Protek, Goose-Juice, Naphtha+Silicon, etc.</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="984045816-30102006"><SPAN class="984045816-30102006"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; "> 3) ease - Alcohol and water</SPAN></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"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; ">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></SPAN></FONT></DIV></SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE><BR></DIV><DIV>Use 1) if 2) and 3) don't work. Try 2) first, then 3), then 1). As has been said one trillion times before, and always bears repeating, the condition of the shank flange is crucial in piano touch. I usually repin only when shanks are too loose; judicious lubrication works for me 90% of the time.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>David Andersen</DIV><BR></BODY></HTML>