<!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 6.00.2800.1458" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE>@font-face { font-family: Tahoma; } @page Section1 {size: 8.5in 11.0in; margin: 1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; } P.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman" } LI.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman" } DIV.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman" } A:link { COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline } SPAN.MsoHyperlink { COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline } A:visited { COLOR: purple; TEXT-DECORATION: underline } SPAN.MsoHyperlinkFollowed { COLOR: purple; TEXT-DECORATION: underline } SPAN.EmailStyle17 { COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial } DIV.Section1 { page: Section1 } </STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY lang=EN-US vLink=purple link=blue bgColor=white> <DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sounds like a great idea to me, = considering how many center pins I have pushed back in hammer butt flanges on Baldwin = Studio Uprights!  Do you think Renner would supply center pins to Baldwin?  By the way, what's a Bosendorfer?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joy!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Elwood</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></DIV> <DIV>Elwood Doss, Jr., RPT<BR>Piano Technician/Technical = Director<BR>Department of Music<BR>145 Fine Arts Building<BR>University of Tennessee at Martin<BR>Martin, TN  38238<BR>731-881-1852</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=emailforjc@yahoo.com = href="mailto:emailforjc@yahoo.com">Jerry Cohen</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> Tuesday, February 22, = 2005 3:53 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: What the = Hell?!!!</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV class=Section1> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial">Joe,</SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">This pin = seems to be standard on new Renner parts. I saw one for the first time when I = visited Bosendorfer a few months ago, and had to replace a broken flange. I = asked them what the purpose was for the ring. They said it helps to prevent the = center pin from sliding out, because the wood in the flange will swell into = the ring. Renner does not supply those center pins for service purposes, so I = used one of my own center pins to make the repair. Imagine a new Bosendorfer = with a non-metric center pin! They didn’t seem to care.</SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Jerry = Cohen, RPT</SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">NJ Chapter  </SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Tahoma = size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">-----Original Message-----<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN></B>Joe = Garrett<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Tuesday, February 22, = 2005 2:38 PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> = pianotech<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> What the Hell?!!!</SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times = New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"></SPAN></FONT> </P> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial = size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Sorry for the profane = subject, but that was my reaction to something and I thought I'd share.<G></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial = size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Just started Re-Pinning = Renner Shanks and Flanges for the 1867 Chickering Action.....popped out the = first pin, on a too low friction flange: There's a ridge cut into the center = of the center pin. It's a sharp edged groove! Yikes! (said I.<G>) Must = be a machining boo-boo, as these pins are machined to the specific = length/diameter! (says I to myself, out loud!).......NOT! I've extracted over a dozen = and every darned one is that way! Double Yikes! Any thoughts on why in hell this = "new innovation"? The only thing that I can see that it does, is screw up = the Birds-eye, as it has sharp edges. Have any of you run into this = before? Weird, to say the least! It's bad enough, they insist on the "graphite = impregnated bushing cloth".....now this! Sheesh!</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial = size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Joe Garrett, = R.P.T.<BR>Captain, Tool Police<BR>Squares R I</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>