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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Well, I suppose most people use Flitz =
on a cloth,
wrapped around the pin and pulled back and forth vigorously. =
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> What I've been doing =
for the
past few years is a little different. I have a little tool that Jim =
Coleman, JR
makes that's a pin polisher. It's an aluminum sleeve on a spindle in =
which you
pack a whole bunch of balance rail cloth punchings. I use it primarily =
on the
balance rail pins. The first time I used it, I put some flitz down =
in it,
and the result was some pretty brass balance rail pins, since then I =
only use
some CLP soaked into the punchings. The crud on the pins will supply any =
abrasive I need. You can do the entire set after removing the keys in =
less than
five minutes.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> On the front rail, I =
use a
dremel tool with the little felt polishing wheels. I just put some CLP =
on the
wheel, and buff both sides. It helps to do the sharps from the back side =
of the
frame. Doing it this way seems to burnish the polymer into the metal of =
the pins
while it does the polishing. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> We had one set of =
Steinway keys
that were re-bushed and were too tight; no side play. Before I eased the =
keys, I
did this, and when I was done, I found that easing the keys wasn't =
necessary,
there was really no excess friction. I figured that, with wear, there =
would be
side play soon enough. The piano never developed any problem, =
either,
which seems to suggest that the treatment was fairly permanent. =
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kevin E. Ramsey</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=ppppianotuning@yahoo.com =
href="mailto:ppppianotuning@yahoo.com">Perry
Williams</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> Sunday, March 02, 2003 =
6:07
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> cleaning =
center&front rail
pins</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Hi I was wondering what you think is the =
best<BR>cleaning
solution for center and front rail pins?<BR>Thank you in =
advance.
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