<!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 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello List and Keith R who = said:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>"<FONT face=Georgia size=2>The = pinning was a no brainer, it was all bad. I did it in three hours last = night.</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face=Georgia = size=2> What is that black stuff? The pin isn't corroded. " </FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    The only "black = stuff" I know of in pianos is Black Lead which burnishes to a shine and is thickly = applied with a brush from a bottle. Usually to Jack Tops and Toes for low = friction.</DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Georgia size=2>"I go with a four gram flange = friction target. Is there any advantage to having the friction of the flange change with the = weight of the hammer? Maybe in the bass it should be a little tighter, more stress."</FONT></DIV> <DIV>    I go for complete uniformity of friction. Any differentiation to be applied by regulation and part sizes/weights = and/or spring sizes/tensions.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Regards</DIV> <DIV>Michael G (UK)</DIV> <DIV>    </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>