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size=2>Hi
All,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<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>
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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><=
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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
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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=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>
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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
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