---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment New pins which I've mic'd are 20 or 21. I thought that was a little large. Jon Page At 11:23 PM 09/12/2000 -0400, you wrote: >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 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/12/0a/3a/6d/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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