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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>IMHO, it depends on your objective. If the objective is to
have optimal and consistent friction pinning, then you should repin. If your
objective is simply to return function to your fleet of 40 year old consoles,
then by all means, push the pins back in and lock 'em down. Be very careful
pushing the pins back in because you can disturb the felt bushing and cause
excessive friction - or you can even push the entire bushing right on outa thar
- well, I have a friend that told me that happened to him........</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=hollyquigley@gmail.com href="mailto:hollyquigley@gmail.com">holly
quigley</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> Wednesday, September 03, 2008 2:43
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> center repinning question</DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr>Hi all - <BR>This seems like a pretty beginner level question, so
I'm almost embarrassed to ask. I'm working on a small fleet of 30-40 year old
Yamaha consoles. Most of them have center pins that have walked out of the
butt flanges. However, I'm finding that since these all have the metal tabs on
the hammer butts, if I just press the pin back into the joint and tighten the
tab screw, it's a snug fit. No wiggling back and forth, and at most I'm
getting 5 swings. I don't want to assume anything and shirk off what needs to
be done, but at the same time, I have other things to do than repinning if
this indicates that it *doesn't* need repinning. Am I making sense? I have a
lot of repinning experience, my earliest training was actually with a school
full of P22's which did not have the metal tabs, but had a bunch of repinning
needed. Can someone give me a little quick clarity on this? If the pins have
walked out is it an absolute that they should be repinned, or is it just a
case of no one ever tightened those metal tab screws? <BR>Thanks!<BR>-Holly
Quigley<BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>