help now, SVP

[Eugenia Carter]

Ron,

I just put on a set of shanks/flanges for a D from Wally Brooks. Not one of
those flanges was over 6 swings.

Gina
----- Original Message -----
From: Ron Torrella <rontorrella@yahoo.com>
To: <caut@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2000 8:23 PM
Subject: Re: help now, SVP


> C'mon, folks! Parts you get from suppliers amount to kit materials. No
> manufacturer can possibly put together an action center and get the
friction
> right for every possible environment. I've routinely repinned entired sets
of
> shanks AND wippens(!). Routinely. IMO, there's no such thing as "perfect,
> straight out of the box." That's fairy-tale stuff.
>
> Come to think of it, I think I got the impression that the centerpin you
see, in
> a fresh box of parts, is actually just a sizing pin. That it's *supposed*
to be
> replaced. I think it was someone at Renner (Germany) who said something
like
> that. (Measure the pin - it's probably a #19 or smaller.)
>
> If you don't care to do the repinning yourself, perhaps you could hire &
train a
> student.
>
> Ron Torrella, RPT
>
> A440A@aol.com wrote:
>
> > In a message dated 9/13/0 12:49:24 AM, cramer@BrandonU.CA writes:
> >
> > << FYI, the tightest flange of this set swings 10-11 times with
replacement
> >
> > hammer #01, and 19-20 times with hammer #65!
> >
> > I have a performance piano to put back in service, any advice? >>
> >
> > Get another set of flanges,  these are too loose to use.  If not that,
then
> > repinning is the only other way I see.  I would like to know what
supplier
> > this is.  If they are having trouble with their pinning, I don't want to
use
> > them.
> > Regards,
> > Ed Foote RPT
>