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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Its a debatable subject I reckon. When I
first started that's how I performed the task. Just starting the pin with
my fingers, and pushing it through with the center pinning tool. At some
point someone harped about how the oil from your skin could get on the pin and
possibly cause malfunction in the future. This fellow always pinned with a
small set of vise-grips. He would cut off both ends of the pin (the
pointed side and the side that was bird by the tool). I did things that
way for a while, but now I'm back to the good old starting the pin with your
fingers. Maybe it will cause undesired things to happen in the future, but
it has not seemed to make a difference yet for me. I knocked out a few
bushings when I tried using the vise-grips thing, that's another reason I
switched back to my old way.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Shawn Brock, RPT</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=pianotech@a440piano.net href="mailto:pianotech@a440piano.net">William
Monroe</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 7:59
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Center Pin</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2>Is this a trick
question??</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2>Thumb and forefinger, pinky held
aloft as is good and proper?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2>I must be missing something if the
implication is that there is a tool needed here. I just start them with
my fingers and then press in with the center pinning tool.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2>William R. Monroe</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>What is the best way to hold a center pin while you get it started to
push it through the hole?</DIV>
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<DIV>Matthew</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>