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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Adjustable hammer shank repair =
clamps?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>Joe Goss<BR><A
href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A><BR><A
href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</A></DI=
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<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=ilvey@sbcglobal.net =
href="mailto:ilvey@sbcglobal.net">David
Ilvedson</A> </DIV>
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title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, June 16, 2004 =
12:07
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Weak pin =
block</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV align=left><STRONG><FONT face=Arial></FONT></STRONG>And we're =
still
trying to find a use for them...I use CA glue exclusively for a loose
pin. </DIV>
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<DIV align=left>David I.</DIV>
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<DIV align=left><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>----- Original message
----------------------------------------><BR>From: John Ross <<A =
=
href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A>><B=
R>To:
Pianotech <<A
=
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>><BR>Received: =
Wed, 16
Jun 2004 13:40:46 -0300<BR>Subject: Re: Weak pin =
block</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV align=left><STRONG><FONT face=Arial><BR>Hi =
Julia,</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>When I used to shim a pin, with sand =
paper, I
used to make a tube of the sandpaper, and slip it in the hole, grit =
side to
the wood.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>This is the first time I have heard of =
grit side
to the pin.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>If I do it now,because, I don't have =
an oversize
pin, I will frequently use a bit of veneer.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>One thing NOT to do is use these metal =
tuning
pin bushings, that are sold by the supply houses. I still have them =
left from
1975, when I didn't know better, and bought =
some.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Regards,</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A
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href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A></DIV>=
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<A title=Alpha88x@aol.com
href="mailto:Alpha88x@aol.com">Alpha88x@aol.com</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, June 16, =
2004 1:16
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Weak pin =
block</DIV>
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face=Arial size=2
FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10">Greetings,
<BR><BR> =
Up in
piano tuning school, we were advised to lay the piano on it's back =
via a
piano tilter and use CA glue, or the old formula of violin rosin =
mixed with
alcohol as a tightening agent for loose
=
pins.<BR><BR> =
Also, if the situation is bad enough, a piece of 150 grit sandpaper =
could be
cut in about a 3/8" wide strip, the length of which would be twice =
the
circumference of the pin, folded in half width wise and wrapped =
around the
pin and put back in the hole. The folding in half width wise, allows =
you
would wrap the grit towards the outside of the pin and there will be =
grit
surface towards the inside of the pin, so that the grip occurs =
between the
pin and the block's hole and the pin and the inside of the =
sandpaper.
<BR> I =
never had
to try it yet as I have only been tuning for a little over a year. =
It worked
at school and I would try it if I had the need.<BR>Hope this
helps.<BR><BR>Julia Gottchall,<BR>Reading, PA
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