Key Pin Polishing

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We remove all of the paper and cloth punchings to a board with old 
keypins (laid out like an actual action), front punchings on the bottom 
of the pile and balance punchings on top of them. Then we take butcher 
paper and push it down over all of the key pins. We polish with a drill 
bit made for the purpose (such as the one sold by Coleman) with cloth 
punchings in it plus Flitz metal polish. Next, we wipe off the residue 
with a very soft cloth and spray with McLube. This procedure has worked 
well for us and doesn't take long at all (especially of someone else is 
doing it!).

 Alan Eder


 -----Original Message-----
 From: jonathan stuchell <jstuchell@verizon.net>
 To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org>
 Sent: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 12:11:47 -0500
 Subject: Re: Key Pin Polishing

   Wouldn't it be easier just to replace them?    I suppose you could 
zinc plate them.
  
     regards, Jonathan Stuchell
 ----- Original Message -----
 From: Farrell
 To: pianotech@ptg.org
 Sent: Monday, November 28, 2005 11:57 AM
 Subject: Key Pin Polishing


  What's the latest-greatest (and fastest) method of polishing key pins? 
I've done the shoe-shine method, but I find it is mess and takes a long 
time to do.
  
 Terry Farrell