<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=US-ASCII http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; cha= rset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fffff= f"> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 8/23/2004 4:00:26 PM Pacific Standard Time, hullfam5= @yahoo.com writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue = 2px solid"><FONT face=Arial>I was preparing a new set of shanks and flange= s for an<BR>action rebuild (a recital hall piano)and found that<BR>the pinni= ng maybe too loose. </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV>Just part of the vicissitudes of manufacturing (and of action overhauls= ). Pretty common. Repin them to your climate. I would suggest, though, that = you repin them all, and not just the ones out of spec. They might or might n= ot be even from side to side, if they change it will be more unifomly when p= inned, and if they are from a certain manufacturer they might be overpacked = and actually get too tight later if not repinned now. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>With the right reamers, it's only a couple hours work, more or less. </= DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Bob Davis</DIV></BODY></HTML>