<html> <head> <style> .hmmessage P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body.hmmessage { FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma } </style> </head> <body class='hmmessage'> The hair has not to be very greasy, so it´s okay to take a shower in the morning :-)  The nose grease trick is not for pinning, only for "lubricating" the leather of the hammer butt where the jack rests on.<br><br>Shawn, does it exist, a list of tips tools and techniques? If so, I could contribute these 2 dirty tricks from good old Germany:<br><br>1. to remove a spot (e.g. of shoe polish on the lower side) from a piano surface: apply cigarette ash on a wet cloth and rub the spot away.<br>2. If a fallboard is warped and does not close properly: take a towel and put it between fallboard and cabinet. Close fallboard slowly and carefully with preasure. But be warned: it lasts only until you close the door of the customers house. Perhaps it works longer if you leave the towel over night.<br><br>Concerning pining: I never use a tool to get a new pin in, only to get the old pin out. I have a more direct feeling for the pin and the birds eye with my fingers.<br><br><br>Gregor<br><br>P.S. you should not think that all German techs have long greasy hair and greasy noses and are chain smokers who deliver a service that lasts only so long until the customer has paid the bill.<br><br><br><br><hr>From: shawnbrock@fuse.net<br>To: pianotech@ptg.org<br>Subject: Re: Center Pin<br>Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 22:24:24 -0400<br><br> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=unicode"> <meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft SafeHTML"> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">I'll try that one someday.  I have to admit I would have never thought of it!  Maybe this could one of the tips in tips tools and techniques?  Would make for an interesting read don't you think?</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2"></font> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Shawn Brock, RPT</font></div> <blockquote dir="ltr" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 0px;"> <div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">----- Original Message ----- </div> <div style="background: rgb(228, 228, 228) none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><b>From:</b> <a title="piano57@comcast.net" href="mailto:piano57@comcast.net">piano57@comcast.net</a> </div> <div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><b>To:</b> <a title="pianotech@ptg.org" href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</a> </div> <div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 14, 2008 8:59 PM</div> <div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><b>Subject:</b> Re: Center Pin</div> <div><br></div> <div>Shawn,</div> <div> </div> <div>There have been discussions on this list that included recommendations of wiping the center pin through greasy hair or on the side of one's nose to provide good lubrication.  </div> <div> </div> <div>Barbara Richmond, RPT</div> <div>near Peoria, IL</div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div>-------------- Original message -------------- <br>From: "Shawn Brock" <<a href="mailto:shawnbrock@fuse.net">shawnbrock@fuse.net</a>> <br></div> <style> </style> <blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px;"> <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> <div><font face="Arial" size="2"></font> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Shawn Brock, RPT</font></div> <blockquote dir="ltr" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 0px;"> </blockquote></blockquote></blockquote> <br /><hr />Invite your mail contacts to join your friends list with Windows Live Spaces. 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