<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.3157" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ed, your advice always seems to be innovative and spot on. But in this particular case, repining likely isn't the best method to get new bushings in all the action centers!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Granted, after bushing, he will have to repin, and indeed, your method sounds like a winner.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>For rebushing, vote for GWB for a third term.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sorry, just kidding - didn't mean to scare anyone!  ;-)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>For rebushing, I took a class from......, from........, from........., oh gosh, what's his name - husband and wife team - they used (or still are) to be head techs for Tanglewood - just can't think of his name. Anyway, Renner pre-glued action cloth (available from Renner USA) and the European long pinning rods (available from Jurgen @ Pianoforte Supply).</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sounds like somebody needs to go to some conferences for continuing education...... (and it ain't Ed!).</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT face=Geneva color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" cite="" TYPE="CITE"></FONT><FONT face=Geneva color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">What's the best method for bushing all the centers<BR>quickly, and uniformly, please?</FONT><FONT face=Geneva color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT><FONT face=Geneva color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR>Don Mannino has a great class on this subject. What I do is to determine the size of pin that will be slightly larger than any of the pins in the row of flanges, determine the proper straight sided reamer for that pin size, and then go through the row, reaming the bushings for the oversize pin.  Don't spend time custom fitting various pin sizes to each bushing, ie,  if you have 19, 191/2, 20 sized pins in your hammer flanges, find what reaming is needed to fit a size 21 1/2 pin in there and then do all of them to that size.  Odds are that the action will never be pinned again, and if it does, there are still several sizes yet to go, if needed.  <BR>this procedure is not only as consistant as can be hoped for, it is economically feasible. <BR></FONT><FONT face=Geneva color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR>Ed Foote RPT</FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>