help now, SVP

[Ron Torrella]

I'm impressed, but let's see how they hold up between now and January. I'll bet
you'll be doing some repinning.

What is the stigma about repinning? Can anyone honestly expect parts to be
pinned loose enough for humid climates, yet tight enough for arid climates?
We're talking about organic materials - wood and felt. They change with ambient
conditions. It may have been humid, on the day they put the parts together in
the factory, and dry as a bone when the technician breaks the seal. I guarantee
that the centers will not behave as they did in the factory.

Ron

Eugenia Carter wrote:

> 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
> >