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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Tom, is this a =
Samick?
I've been encountering a lot of them with the problem you describe. The =
flange
is really binding up, and when you re-pin you notice a nice black ring =
on the
old pin. I took some of these home and looked at them, and sure enough, =
the
plating was gone on one side of the pin. What I've heard is that if they =
use a
cheap low quality of flange pin, the plating comes off, goes into the =
cloth and
grinds against the pin ( my conception of what's going on, I could be =
wrong,
wouldn't be the first time. ) Anyway, re-pinning has always worked =
for me,
never had any problem after that. The trouble is, how many flange pins =
are there
in a piano, anyway? That's a heck of a lot of work. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> So, of course we're =
going to try
to find something else. You could try soaking the flanges with 50/50 =
methanol/
water, tell them that the piano pretty much won't be playable for a day =
or two,
and see what happens. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Just re-read your =
post before I
hit send. You mean you're just re-pinning without reaming? When =
"I" say
re-pinning, I mean pushing out the old pin, running a set of the Mannino =
reamers
(Schaff, $12, or so; the best thing since sliced bread. ) through the =
cloth, and
then re-pinning. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> There's a good =
article on this
in the technical exam source book, available from your friendly PTG =
office.
($29)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Other
thoughts??.............</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=Tvak@AOL.COM href="mailto:Tvak@AOL.COM">Tvak@AOL.COM</A> =
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<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> Monday, July 15, 2002 =
3:15 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> was sluggish butts/ =
now
verdigris</DIV><BR>How can I identify verdigris? The bushing is =
red, not
discolored. The pin, <BR>when removed, does have a blackish ring =
where
it was in contact with the <BR>bushing. The new pin doesn't move =
any
freer than the old pin. CLP made <BR>little or no =
difference.<BR><BR>Ron
Koval has offered to lend me a set of reamers, but if it's verdigris, =
<BR>will
reaming help? And will reaming the sluggish butts free them up
<BR>indefinitely? I get the impression that the liquid solutions =
are
only <BR>temporary, and I would prefer a permanent solution to this
problem. (And all <BR>my other ones, too.) <BR><BR>Tom
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