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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi David,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am glad you did not suffer major
injury.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I use my long wire bending pliers to =
put a little
bend in the pin so that it will be tight in the hole.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>Joe Goss<BR><A
href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A><BR><A
href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</A></DI=
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=dnereson@dim.com href="mailto:dnereson@dim.com">Dave =
Nereson</A>
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<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> Saturday, April 19, 2003 =
3:12
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> grand hinge pins</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV> Never assume the hinge pins on a grand lid are =
in
place. We do it all the time, and usually we're OK, but I almost =
lost a
finger today. The lid was up when I got to the customer's =
home,
but I noticed it wobbled a bit when I removed the action to remove =
pencils,
etc. So I decided to tighten the hinge screws. Lifted the =
lid up
higher to get at the vertical screws that go into the rim when =
whisshht,
whoosh, BAM! the thing came down on my hand -- hard ! I was =
afraid
I had a broken finger or two, and one was bleeding. =
I gingerly
tried moving them and they were OK, but I know I'll be bruised for a =
week or
so.</DIV>
<DIV> Well, the rear hinge was missing its =
pin.
How the lid stayed in the up position for the whole hour and a half I =
did a
pitch raise and tuning, and removed and shoved the action back
in twice, not to mention the weeks or months or year (?) it had =
been that
way with little kids practicing on it, I don't know. </DIV>
<DIV> At least it was only a 4'8", and not a big =
grand -- I
would have broken that finger for sure. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> I carry all the available sizes of hinge pins, =
at
least those from Schaff, American (they had some sizes Schaff didn't, =
and vice
versa, if I'm not mistaken), and a few from Yamaha, Samick, etc. =
But I
keep running into piano hinges for which none of those sizes is =
correct --
either they're too loose or won't go in at all. And if they're =
too
loose, they can just vibrate out of there, or kids will pull 'em out,
whatever. Guess I'll have to put one in that's a bit too =
small,
and put a bend in it so it'll stay put.</DIV>
<DIV> --David Nereson, RPT,
Denver </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>