Basicaly it says use a rocker gage and feeler gages to duplicate the original bearing; do not increase the downbearing. A Lowell gauge would be easier to use. Ed ---------- >From: Jeff Tanner <jtanner@mozart.music.sc.edu> >To: caut@ptg.org >Subject: Re: Accu hitch pins >Date: Fri, Aug 9, 2002, 8:16 AM > > Ed, Ray, > I asked them to send me that information last summer and they sent me the > instructions for using a Lowell Down Bearing Guage. Not exactly what I was > expecting from the "write to the factory for instructions" commandment in > the Baldwin Service Manual. > > Which brings me to why I asked them for that info in the first place. Are > you guys really tedious about downbearing measurements when replacing > single broken strings with the Accu-Just hitch pins? > > Jeff > >>Ray- >>Contact Baldwin and ask for the little instruction booklet. >>If they don't have any more, I'll send you a photocopy. >>Ed Sutton >> >>---------- >>>From: "Breakall, Raymond" <rbreakal@richmond.edu> >>>To: "'caut@ptg.org'" <caut@ptg.org> >>>Subject: Accu hitch pins >>>Date: Thu, Aug 8, 2002, 8:41 PM >>> >> >>> Dear list, >>> >>> I am about to restring a Baldwin SD with accu hitch pins. Can some kind soul >>> give me info on how to do this? >>> >>> Ray >>> >>> Ray Breakall >>> Piano Technician >>> University of Richmond >>> Richmond, VA >>> (804)287-6342 >>> > > > Jeff Tanner > Piano Technician > School of Music > 813 Assembly ST > University of South Carolina > Columbia, SC 29208 > (803)-777-4392 > jtanner@mozart.sc.edu > >
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