This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Well, I suppose most people use Flitz on a cloth, wrapped around the pin = and pulled back and forth vigorously.=20 =20 What I've been doing for the past few years is a little different. I = have a little tool that Jim Coleman, JR makes that's a pin polisher. = It's an aluminum sleeve on a spindle in which you pack a whole bunch of = balance rail cloth punchings. I use it primarily on the balance rail = pins. The first time I used it, I put some flitz down in it, and the = result was some pretty brass balance rail pins, since then I only use = some CLP soaked into the punchings. The crud on the pins will supply any = abrasive I need. You can do the entire set after removing the keys in = less than five minutes. On the front rail, I use a dremel tool with the little felt = polishing wheels. I just put some CLP on the wheel, and buff both sides. = It helps to do the sharps from the back side of the frame. Doing it this = way seems to burnish the polymer into the metal of the pins while it = does the polishing.=20 We had one set of Steinway keys that were re-bushed and were too = tight; no side play. Before I eased the keys, I did this, and when I was = done, I found that easing the keys wasn't necessary, there was really no = excess friction. I figured that, with wear, there would be side play = soon enough. The piano never developed any problem, either, which seems = to suggest that the treatment was fairly permanent.=20 Kevin E. Ramsey ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Perry Williams=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2003 6:07 PM Subject: cleaning center&front rail pins Hi I was wondering what you think is the best cleaning solution for center and front rail pins? Thank you in advance. <ppp> ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/6a/c8/69/8a/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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