<!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 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#d8d0c8> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>I wouldn't try to push = de pins back into the flange. Better remove them all and ream and repin the whole set.</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=741662027@theshusters.org = href="mailto:741662027@theshusters.org">Cy Shuster</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, December 11, = 2004 3:33 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: How to travel = upright hammers with a continuous flange pin?</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>OK, that makes sense.  I completely removed a = flange screw, and still couldn't get the hammer off the rail.  I saw = center pins between every butt, and assumed it was continguous (don't they do that = in Europe?).  Since I couldn't get the flange off, I couldn't see = any way to get traveling paper in there.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>It was a Kohler and Campbell "Professional", S/N = 628617, which was 1969 according to Pierce.  I'll have to check about the = Samick part.  Does seem old, now that you mention it.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>--Cy--</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=tomtuner@comcast.net = href="mailto:tomtuner@comcast.net">tom driscoll</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, December 10, = 2004 7:41 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: How to travel = upright hammers with a continuous flange pin?</DIV> <DIV><BR></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=741662027@theshusters.org href="mailto:741662027@theshusters.org">Cy Shuster</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, December 10, = 2004 7:10 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> How to travel = upright hammers with a continuous flange pin?</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Tuned a 1969 Kohler & Campber  = (Samick) studio today.  Hammers going all over the place, left and = right.  Tried to adjust one, and discovered each section is pinned with one = giant flange pin.  How the heck do you travel these hammers?  Is = heating and twisting the shanks the only option?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>--Cy Shuster--</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Bluefield, WV</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Cy,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    It's not one = giant pin. The butt plates have been allowed to get loose and the centerpins = migrate until--Voila---They are all connected!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    With the = action on the bench, remove the whole mess ,separate the butts, push the pins = back in place and tighten the plates </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    -Ream and = repin as necessary--and it will  be necessary on many.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Are you sure = 1969 ? Seems a bit old for a Samick.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Tom Driscoll RPT</FONT></DIV> = <DIV> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>