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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN =
class=330330106-23092001>Hello
Mr. Mannino,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=330330106-23092001>I have
a set of broaches in a little black linen pouch. Are these yours ? the
broaches are about 2' long , which I find a little short for me to =
burnish
the bushing, but I have it with my tools, For the shop I made long =
reamers
with the long center pins we can find easily here in Paris. May be what =
is sold
to us is old American Piano Supply stock , but I've find these I bought =
lately
are better than some I had find 15 years ago, wich where too aggressive
indeed.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=330330106-23092001>Beside, we use metric system for the =
pinning , the
correspondence is not optimal.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN =
class=330330106-23092001>I
always wondered how is the actual pinning system in USA. I guess =
Kawai
imported from Japan are in metric system, or are some made in the U.S.
?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN =
class=330330106-23092001>Thank
you.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN =
class=330330106-23092001>Isaac
OLEG</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN =
class=330330106-23092001>P.S.
Do you know Michel Durbise ?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>-----Message =
d'origine-----<BR><B>De :</B>
owner-pianotech@ptg.org [mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org]<B>De la part =
de</B>
Donald Mannino<BR><B>Envoyé :</B> dimanche 23 septembre 2001
06:14<BR><B>À :</B> pianotech@ptg.org<BR><B>Objet :</B> Re: =
Mannino
reamers<BR><BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE
style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: =
0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px"></FONT><FONT
size=3>Hi gang,<BR><BR>The broaches sold by Schaff piano supply are =
my
invention, although in reality I merely refined something that someone =
else
had shown me, and worked on a procedure to make flange repinning =
accurate,
stable and quick.<BR><BR>These are straight smooth wire, pointed on =
the end,
and roughed up in one area near the handle. They come now in 8 =
sizes to
use with most of the center pins you will need to put in
pianos.<BR><BR>American Piano Supply used to sell something that was =
similar,
but the roughed-up area was much too rough to work correctly. I =
tried
many times to get them to fix them, to no avail. They left the bushing =
too
chewed up. Since Schaff bought them out, they don't make the bad =
ones
any more.<BR><BR>Herb at Schaff told me that he has sold a lot of the =
broaches
to other piano suppliers in other countries, so you might see them for =
sale
elsewhere - I think I saw that Pianofile in Canada has =
them.<BR><BR>Don
Mannino<BR><BR>At 12:42 PM 9/22/01 -0400, you wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite type="cite" cite>Friends,<BR><BR>I thought =
Don
Mannino was the *inventor* of these tools, which may perhaps =
be<BR>made by
several companies. Right or wrong? Are some of the
"constant-diameter"<BR>reamers better than others?<BR><BR>Regards,
Clyde<BR><BR>Farrell wrote:<BR><BR>> Hi John. I have a set of
constant-diameter reamers, but I do not know if<BR>> they are the =
Don
Manino reamers.</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>