<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; =
charset=iso-8859-1">
<META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1276" name=GENERATOR>
<STYLE></STYLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY bgColor=#ffffff>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Mike and all,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Twasn't easy but very doable with =
practice,
<G> , even for a deaf tuner.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ifin I could remember the procedure to =
change the
sign off I would. Any help out there post me .</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=
V>
<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=mjmccoy@usa.com href="mailto:mjmccoy@usa.com">Mike =
McCoy</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> Friday, April 02, 2004 =
10:05
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: thumb protection =
when
re-pinning</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=582100117-02042004><FONT face=Arial =
color=#0000ff size=2>Hi
All,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=582100117-02042004><FONT face=Arial =
color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=582100117-02042004><FONT face=Arial =
color=#0000ff
size=2> I was waiting for Joe Goss to reply on the list so I =
could point
out his new signature, but he didn't change the old one! Joe took his
Technical Exam at our Mid-Atlantic Regional Convention =
(MARC) last
week and is a NEW RPT! He was so dedicated he even closed his booth =
for a
while to concentrate on the exam.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=582100117-02042004><FONT face=Arial =
color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=582100117-02042004><FONT face=Arial =
color=#0000ff size=2>Mike
McCoy</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=582100117-02042004><FONT face=Arial =
color=#0000ff
size=2>Chapters 170 & 190</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=582100117-02042004><FONT face=Arial =
color=#0000ff
size=2>Langhorne, Pa.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=582100117-02042004><FONT face=Arial =
color=#0000ff size=2><A
=
href="mailto:mjmccoy@usa.com">mailto:mjmccoy@usa.com</A></FONT></SPAN><=
/DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT =
face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> =
pianotech-bounces@ptg.org
[mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Joe And Penny
Goss<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, April 02, 2004 10:59 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
Pianotech<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: thumb protection when
re-pinning<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dave, Those ends need to be blunted =
so
that the reamer can go through the center of the felt =
better.</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=
V>
<BLOCKQUOTE
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=Piannaman@aol.com
href="mailto:Piannaman@aol.com">Piannaman@aol.com</A> </DIV>
<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> Friday, April 02, =
2004 8:45
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: thumb =
protection when
re-pinning</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2 =
PTSIZE="10">Dave,
<BR><BR>I find a flat, smooth hard surface, such as the side of my =
pinning
tool. I lay it on the keybed(or something else flat and =
close by)
and gently push the pin up into the birdseye. Feeling the =
amount of
pressure you have to apply to the piece to get the pin through(or =
not) can
tell you how good the fit is. I always push directly =
over the
pin to avoid any kind of unsupported stress on the part. I
occasionally get a pin jabbing in the end of my thumb, but not =
often.
<BR><BR>I also use the Mannino broaches. They are one of the =
best
tools I've purchased based on money spent vs. money earned. =
The ends
are REALLY sharp. DAMHIK. <BR><BR>Dave Stahl <BR><BR>In a =
message
dated 4/2/04 4:21:48 AM Pacific Standard Time, =
jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca
writes: <BR><BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE
style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff =
2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"
TYPE="CITE"><BR>I use the Mannino broaches themselves to =
determine the
fit in the birdseye. <BR>They have handles and the size marked =
on them.
<BR>Regards, <BR>John M. Ross <BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
<BR>jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca <BR>----- Original Message ----- =
<BR>From:
"Dave Nereson" <davner@kaosol.net> <BR>To:
<pianotech@ptg.org> <BR>Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 3:56 =
AM
<BR>Subject: thumb protection when re-pinning <BR><BR><BR>>
When re-pinning more than, say, twenty =
action
parts, my right thumb <BR>> really gets poked, cut, and =
chewed-up
from repeatedly trying the pin in <BR>the <BR>> birdseye of =
each part
being re-pinned to see if it's tight enough, then <BR>> =
pushing it
into both bushings on the flange, individually, to see if they =
<BR>>
need reaming, burnishing, or re-bushing, then after reaming, =
trying the
<BR>pin <BR>> in the bushings again, maybe making another =
touch-up
operation, then <BR>trying <BR>> the pin in the bushings =
again, then
pushing the pin through one bushing <BR>into <BR>> the =
birdseye, and,
finally, using the plunger-type re-pinning tool only <BR>for =
<BR>>
the final push through the birdseye. That's just one =
flange.
After a <BR>> couple dozen, my thumb is raw meat, as =
though I
took a rasp to it. <BR>> I've tried =
using a
thimble, but you have to keep taking it off to try <BR>> the =
pin in
the bushing or to pick up a fine tool like a tiny reamer, =
<BR>>
tweezers, or center-pin, then put it back on to push the pin =
through.
And <BR>> with it on, you don't have the sensitivity or =
control
for trying the fit <BR>of <BR>> the pin in the bushing. =
Nor do
you with pliers. Maybe some custom-made <BR>> leather =
"thumb
boot" through which a center-pin will NOT poke would work, =
<BR>> but
it would probably wear through quickly. I need a bionic =
thumb!
<BR>> Gang replacement is different, =
where
you have all new flanges and you <BR>> can chuck a roughened =
center
pin in a drill and use that for the reamer, <BR>> then just =
push all
the same size pins through with the pinning tool. But =
<BR>>
that's not the case with most actions I work on. <BR>>
--David Nereson, RPT
=
<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></=
FONT></BODY></HTML>