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<DIV><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></DI=
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<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>
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<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
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