<!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 6.00.6001.18063" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=4>Sometimes, I will insert a smaller pin, then 'follow' it. This helps to keep the flange in alignment, and will lessen the chance of pushing one bushing out, due to a small misalignment.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr 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> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=tomtuner@verizon.net href="mailto:tomtuner@verizon.net">Tom Driscoll</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, August 14, 2008 10:00 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Center Pin</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Matthew,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>You can feel the birdseye with the pin in your fingers.Once I find the center of the hole I use the popular inserter-extracter tool to push the pin into the birdseye then take care to keep the other bushing in line with the pin as I SLOWLY push the pin through. Clip with a good set of flush cutters and done.I choose not to file the cut end but others may advise different.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Best wishes,</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Tom Driscoll</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    p.s.  no vicegrips IMHO</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr 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> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=toddpianoworks@att.net href="mailto:toddpianoworks@att.net">Matthew Todd</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, August 14, 2008 7:45 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Center Pin</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>What is the best way to hold a center pin while you get it started to push it through the hole?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Matthew</DIV><PRE> </PRE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV>John M.Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada.</DIV></BODY></HTML>