thumb protection when re-pinning

[Joe And Penny Goss]

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Hi Mike and all,
 Twasn't easy but very doable with practice, <G> , even for a deaf =
tuner.
Ifin I could remember the procedure to change the sign off I would. Any =
help out there post me .
Joe Goss
imatunr@srvinet.com
www.mothergoosetools.com
  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: Mike McCoy=20
  To: Pianotech=20
  Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 10:05 AM
  Subject: RE: thumb protection when re-pinning


  Hi All,

   I was waiting for Joe Goss to reply on the list so I could point out =
his new signature, but he didn't change the old one! Joe took his =
Technical Exam at our Mid-Atlantic Regional Convention (MARC) last week =
and is a NEW RPT! He was so dedicated he even closed his booth for a =
while to concentrate on the exam.

  Mike McCoy
  Chapters 170 & 190
  Langhorne, Pa.
  mailto:mjmccoy@usa.com
    -----Original Message-----
    From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]On =
Behalf Of Joe And Penny Goss
    Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 10:59 AM
    To: Pianotech
    Subject: Re: thumb protection when re-pinning


    Dave, Those ends need to be blunted so that the reamer can go =
through the center of the felt better.
    Joe Goss
    imatunr@srvinet.com
    www.mothergoosetools.com
      ----- Original Message -----=20
      From: Piannaman@aol.com=20
      To: pianotech@ptg.org=20
      Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 8:45 AM
      Subject: Re: thumb protection when re-pinning


      Dave,=20

      I find a flat, smooth hard surface, such as the side of my pinning =
tool.  I lay it on the keybed(or something else flat and close by) and =
gently push the pin up into the birdseye.  Feeling the amount of =
pressure you have to apply to the piece to get the pin through(or not) =
can tell you how good the fit is.   I always push directly over the pin =
to avoid any kind of unsupported stress on the part.  I occasionally get =
a pin jabbing in the end of my thumb, but not often.=20

      I also use the Mannino broaches.  They are one of the best tools =
I've purchased based on money spent vs. money earned.  The ends are =
REALLY sharp.  DAMHIK.=20

      Dave Stahl=20

      In a message dated 4/2/04 4:21:48 AM Pacific Standard Time, =
jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca writes:=20




        I use the Mannino broaches themselves to determine the fit in =
the birdseye.=20
        They have handles and the size marked on them.=20
        Regards,=20
        John M. Ross=20
        Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada=20
        jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca=20
        ----- Original Message -----=20
        From: "Dave Nereson" <davner@kaosol.net>=20
        To: <pianotech@ptg.org>=20
        Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 3:56 AM=20
        Subject: thumb protection when re-pinning=20


        >     When re-pinning more than, say, twenty action parts, my =
right thumb=20
        > really gets poked, cut, and chewed-up from repeatedly trying =
the pin in=20
        the=20
        > birdseye of each part being re-pinned to see if it's tight =
enough, then=20
        > pushing it into both bushings on the flange, individually, to =
see if they=20
        > need reaming, burnishing, or re-bushing, then after reaming, =
trying the=20
        pin=20
        > in the bushings again, maybe making another touch-up =
operation, then=20
        trying=20
        > the pin in the bushings again, then pushing the pin through =
one bushing=20
        into=20
        > the birdseye, and, finally, using the plunger-type re-pinning =
tool only=20
        for=20
        > the final push through the birdseye.  That's just one flange.  =
After a=20
        > couple dozen, my thumb is raw meat, as though I took a rasp to =
it.=20
        >     I've tried using a thimble, but you have to keep taking it =
off to try=20
        > the pin in the bushing or to pick up a fine tool like a tiny =
reamer,=20
        > tweezers, or center-pin, then put it back on to push the pin =
through.  And=20
        > with it on, you don't have the sensitivity or control for =
trying the fit=20
        of=20
        > the pin in the bushing.  Nor do you with pliers.  Maybe some =
custom-made=20
        > leather "thumb boot" through which a center-pin will NOT poke =
would work,=20
        > but it would probably wear through quickly.  I need a bionic =
thumb!=20
        >     Gang replacement is different, where you have all new =
flanges and you=20
        > can chuck a roughened center pin in a drill and use that for =
the reamer,=20
        > then just push all the same size pins through with the pinning =
tool.  But=20
        > that's not the case with most actions I work on.=20
        >     --David Nereson, RPT=20




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