<HTML style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-FAMILY: MS Sans= Serif"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html;= charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1505" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff>Yeah, 18 would be better, although most= centers are bigger than 19 anyway.<BR><BR>David= I.<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR> <DIV style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px;= PADDING-BOTTOM: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 3px solid;= PADDING-TOP: 5px"> <HR> Original message<BR>From: Joe And Penny Goss= <IMATUNR@SRVINET.COM><BR>To: <TUNE4U@EARTHLINK.NET>, Pianotech= <PIANOTECH@PTG.ORG><BR>Received: Sat, 3 Sep 2005 21:07:01= -0600<BR>Subject: Re: Repinning Tip was Re: Steinway double= flange fitting to butts<BR><BR> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial>Hi Alan,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>That is why I keep my 18 center pin slot= full.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>I call it using a chaser pin.= <G></FONT></DIV> <DIV>Joe Goss RPT<BR>Mother Goose Tools<BR><A= href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A><BR><A= href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com/">www.mothergoosetools.com= </A></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px;= MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT:= 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----= </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color:= black"><B>From:</B> <A title=tune4u@earthlink.net= href="mailto:tune4u@earthlink.net">Alan Barnard</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A= title=pianotech@ptg.org= href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, September= 03, 2005 8:31 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Repinning Tip was= Re: Steinway double flange fitting to butts</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV> <DIV>I get tired of fussing with pin, press, flange, and= birdseye--trying to align the parts and insert the pin without= trying to ram it through hard rock maple--so I have a= foolproof little system. (And it works for me which proves that= any fool can do it.)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I run a thin, straight piece of piano wire, or a smooth= round burnishing tool, through the whole assembly, then= pull the wire back while guiding the pin through the first= side of the flange and slightly into the birdseye. Then press= the pin on through, pushing the wire or tool the rest of= the way out. The wire/tool keeps everything aligned so the pin= centers every time, and it's fast.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Alan Barnard</DIV> <DIV> <DIV>Salem, Missouri</DIV> <DIV> </DIV></DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px;= MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial">----- Original Message -----= </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color:= black"><B>From:</B> <A title=joegarrett@earthlink.net= href="mailto:joegarrett@earthlink.net">Joe Garrett</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To: </B><A= title=pianotech@ptg.org= href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech</A></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> 09/03/2005 8:29:20 PM= </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Steinway double= flange fitting to butts</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=2> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>David Nereson said: "<FONT= face="Times New Roman" size=3>Also infamous are the <BR>double= flanges made to supposedly fit old Steinway uprights.  They= <BR>don't.  The birdseyes are too wide for the ears of the= flange, which <BR>have to be filed down.  (If the birdseye= is filed down, it increases <BR>friction if the butt rubs= against the inside of the flange)  = --Dave,</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV>Don't file it, sand it. I use 320 on  sandpaper file,= (Joe Garrett Special Order- - available to all. end of= commercial.<G>)</DIV> <DIV>Once you've sanded to fit the flange, use a fine countersink= to put a "dent" in each side of the birdseye. This makes the= pinning alignment easier.</DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joe Garrett, R.P.T.<BR>Captain, Tool= Police<BR>Squares R= I</FONT></DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></BODY></HT= ML>