<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" = http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2614.3500" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: = 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A href="mailto:pianobuilders@olynet.com" title=pianobuilders@olynet.com>Delwin D Fandrich</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" title=pianotech@ptg.org>pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, January 07, 2001 = 10:04 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Capstans</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><BR>----- Original Message -----<BR>From: "Greg Newell" <<A = href="mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net">gnewell@ameritech.net</A>><BR>To= : <<A = href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>><BR>Sent: January 07, 2001 10:35 AM<BR>Subject: Re: Capstans<BR><BR><BR>> Roger,<BR>>     Thank you for the = clarification! I'm also curious as to why it is<BR>loose in<BR>> the first place. Did = I hear that there are folks installing new capstans<BR>with an<BR>> arbor = press? Will this not cause them to be loose. Kinda like driving in = a<BR>screw<BR>> with a hammer, no? How is there any wood left for the capstan to = thread in<BR>and<BR>> out for adjustment? Did I misunderstand ...... again?<BR>><BR>> = Greg<BR>><BR>----------------------------------------------------<BR><= BR>No, it doesn't. There is not all that much difference in diameter = between<BR>o/a diameter and the root diameter of the threads. If the pilot hole = is<BR>drilled to the correct diameter, pressing the capstan home does less = damage<BR>to the wood than turning them in does.<BR><BR>Del</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I recently tried to regulate a brand-new Boston studio.  The = capstans wouldn't stay regulated.  I'd regulate them, then after = tuning, there'd be too much lost motion again.  The capstans were being = pushed down into their holes even on a medium-hard blow, and no, I wasn't = pounding the heck out of it.  The factory must've a) drilled the holes too = large, or b) pressed, rather than turned them into their holes.  Or = maybe the holes expanded due to the dry Colorado climate ?      --Dave Nereson, Denver</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>