Lost Motion Grommet Curiosity

[Ward & Probst]

Bill,
Remove one lifter wire to use for a tap. Fasten it in a vise, leaving the
threaded end protruding from the jaws. Use Protek for cutting lube. Chuck
the Schaff Kimball lost mostion regulator tool in a reversible low speed
drill. Insert a sticker grommet in the tool, spin onto the wire, reverse
off, spin on to wire in the piano. Of course your idea of using a tap would
work well also. Like you, I was not sure what size to bring. It is smaller
than 6-32 I believe, I was out in the country, the sun was in my eyes...you
know the story....:>)
By the way, we are going great guns on the Reno Convention, hope to see
ya'll there!!

Hope this helps,
Dale
Dale Probst, RPT
Member, TEAM20001
PTG Annual Convention
Reno, NV --July 11-15, 2000
email: wardprobst@cst.net
(940)691-3682 voice
(940) 691-6843 fax
TEAM2001 website: http://www.equaltemperament.com/PTG/


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-pianotech@ptg.org [mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org]On Behalf
Of BSimon999@AOL.COM
Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2000 6:25 PM
To: pianotech@ptg.org
Subject: Lost Motion Grommet Curiosity


I soon have to install a set of the square headed lost motion adjusters,
containing a square fiber insert, into a Gulbransen spinet.

Whenever I do this job I find that so many of the adjusters are so badly
made
that just trying to screw them on is either impossible and tears the fiber
square apart, or they disassemble themselves.

I was planning to run a tap through the fiber square to "pretreat" the
adjuster and have fewer problems during istallation, but I have no sample of
the wires they go on.

Does anyone know what size thread the wires have?  I seem to remember it is
something like 6-32, ( #6 size, 32 threads per inch) but it might be an
oddball size.

I would appreciate any info from someone who can compare the threads to a
known size.

Thanks,

Bill Simon
Phoenix